‘Hooray!’ came a response from what sounded like a chorus of creatures outside the rocket. Froggy Man was confused, ‘Was that my echo?’ He tried shouting again, ‘Hooray!’ And back came the response once again, ‘Hooray!’
Froggy Man released himself from his nine seatbelts and then pressed the button to open up the door (even though the door now had a big dent, it still managed to come loose). His eyes squinted as the dust cloud parted to reveal countless numbers of, what appeared to be, brightly dressed men and women, boys and girls. Froggy Man had never seen humans before so he wondered what kind of ‘space creatures’ they were.
‘H… hello?’ whispered Froggy Man tentatively.
There was a slight pause before the response of ‘Hello!’ came loudly from all the people in unison. They sounded very happy indeed, but Froggy Man was not sure why. Before he had the chance to say anything else a large round man confidently stepped forward. He wore a bright red top hat with a matching jacket. He had noticeably big eyes, which were orange with pink spots. He revealed a big smile under his impressively thick moustache as his great voice boomed out, ‘Greetings to you! We are so pleased you have come to visit!’
Froggy Man looked at the man and everyone else who were expectantly waiting for a swift reply. ‘Er… th… thank you’ was the stammered response.
‘I am the Ring Master and this is my circus!’ continued the large man.
‘Oh…’ said Froggy Man, ‘…it’s nice to meet you. My name is Froggy Man.’
‘Froggy Man you say? What a fine name! Come, join us!’ The Ring Master held his arms open to Froggy Man and encouraged him down the steps of his rocket.
As Froggy Man made his way down the stairs he saw how many people there were, it looked like hundreds of them. Then, as he stepped through the cloud of dust, he saw a huge brightly coloured tent behind the vast crowd. ‘Wow!’ he exclaimed.
‘Ah, yes! Wow indeed Mr Froggy Man. This is our home!’ replied the Ring Master who had noticed Froggy Man’s gaze fixing on the tent.
‘What is it?’ asked Froggy Man.
‘It is our circus tent!’
‘Circus tent?’ Froggy Man had not heard of either a circus or a tent before.
‘Yes our circus tent. It is where we practice all of our circus tricks and shows!’ said the Ring Master proudly.
‘Tricks and shows?’ asked Froggy Man.
‘Yes, we practice them here before they we take them to Earth.’
Froggy Man’s tiny ears pricked up when he heard the mention of Earth, ‘Did you say Earth?’
‘Yes, I did. Have you been?’ asked the Ring Master.
‘No, not yet, but that was where I was trying to go before my rocket broke! But I really want to go there NOW!’ Froggy Man immediately noticed that by shouting he had surprised the Ring Master making both of his eyes pop wide open so that all his pink eye spots could be seen.
The Ring Master looked shocked, then he stared at Froggy Man before he opened his mouth to speak.
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