SANTA AND PETER BOTH LOOKED ROUND THEM.AT THE BIG TOP.AT THE TENTS. THEY HEART ALL DOWN THE LINE OF CARAVANS LANGUAGE.they heard a short hoarse bark.they heard deep roars.santa looked at peter.they both began to laugh.it was so unlike any world they had ever dreamed of.
peter and santa are runaways-and orphans.desperate at the dreadful prospect of life in sepratae orphanages,they escape to the circus-to find their only living relative,gus,the circus clown.gus lets them know straightaway that he'll keep them only if they agree to work harder then they've ever worked in their lives.so the children plunge straight into circus life-and discover that the world of the circus is not only exciting but serious too.
and they have to fight hard to belong.