Shanghai Circus

All right. Here you go. I do not like the circus. I mean I really do not like the circus. It's a good thing Madeleine has two parents because this one was NEVER going to take her!! EVER!! Aside from the whole clown thing I just don't like the animals running around and the trapeze swinging and all of that. Well, wouldn't you know, we get to Shanghai and Simon, who works for Lee, invites us to the circus. Not only that but he is bringing his wife and son whom I hadn't met yet so I agreed to go. We went to the Shanghai Circus World which is a permanent circus in the heart of Shanghai. It had two tiers and twenty rows. They had the requisite acrobats and clowns as well as performing dogs and horses. So I'm feeling pretty OK at this point and Madeleine is really engrossed in the action when I start hearing roars. Now at first I think they must be coming from the speakers but then they begin to install and lift a net around the circus ring. Holy Cow!! I can't believe they are going to bring lions and tigers in here!! We are only 10 rows back and I am a slow runner!!
I am so going to be on CNN. Texas resident mauled to death by pissed off lion at the stupid Shanghai Circus!!!
All I can think about is where am I going to take Madeleine when these cats tear down this net. Up, up onto the roof through that little window there... good..Ok...I'm set. The good news is we escaped unharmed the bad news is the cats really were mad and angry and probably are not well treated.
No more circus!!