Tommy’s dream of the circus put a great idea into his head. His toy attic was well stocked with a Noah’s Ark, many mechanical acrobats and animals, and he conceived the idea of training the toys to really perform a circus. His perseverance brought about wonderful results. First he evolved a wonderful parade. Band wagon, drawn by eight white horses, which behaved extremely well. The animal wagons were admirably constructed, but the lions and tigers insisted on breaking loose and gave much trouble to the keepers, who, however, being strong men, always managed to catch them by the tails and swing them back into their cages. The giraffe was a very unmanageable animal; he would push the clown off his back and turn round and laugh at him. Many other troubles occurred, but really the parade was a success. Later Tommy trained his toys to do inside canvass work. The clowns and acrobatics were wonderfully clever, and it really was strange that toys could be so well trained. One of the big features was the races, two teams of four horses each contested for honors and even the losers were entitled to applause.