One hundred and ninety-five chapters of the humorous story of fear (5)
The circus leader is right. The magic performance was originally very exciting, right? This kind of performance can have new tricks every time, which is completely different from the tricks performed in the past, bringing new sensory experiences to the audience.
The airman performed only a few moves, and the audience got tired of it soon. He lowered his head, and his heart felt like he had a vinegar bottle and a medicine bottle. The sadness and bitterness rushed straight into his mind.
"Gotram, it's almost eight o'clock. Go and put on makeup quickly. You have to perform well in the opening show." The leader of the circus reminded him.
"Okay, leader, I'll go now." Gotland walked towards the backstage as if he had lost his soul.
He casually put on makeup, and accidentally applied blue paint on his nose, staring at the mirror, and it was difficult to find any abnormality in his makeup.
The trainer came over and stared at Gotland for a few seconds, then covered his stomach and laughed, pointing at him and said, "Gotram, you silly boy, your nose is wrongly colored!"
"Hmm?" Gotland stared at the mirror for a while before he realized something was wrong. "Oh my God, what was I thinking just now? Why are I so careless? I'll change it now."
"No, no, no, no." The horse trainer stopped him, "You used to show off your red nose, and I'm afraid the audience would have been tired of it. If you wear such a blue nose, you might make everyone's eyes shine."
Gotland waved his hand and said, "No, there is no clown who draws a blue nose. It looks like it's poisoned. I'd better wipe it down and repaint it."
"Okay, you decide for yourself, I'll go see my horses." The horse trainer picked up the whip and walked towards the horse shed.
Gotland carefully drew in the mirror, and as the bright red pigment gradually covered with round and large fake nose, he couldn't help but feel enlightened again. He would remember the scene when he first appeared on the stage eight years ago. He was as nervous as a fool, making mistakes frequently and unable to do facial expressions well. Later, he gradually mastered some skills and became more and more profound in the stage skills, which won the audience's recognition and became a hot star.
But now... Gotland felt sad for himself.
Tonight's circus performance continued to be held enthusiastically. With the host's report, Gotland appeared on the stage in his usual clown costume.
He jumped hard and performed, squeezing out all kinds of strange and funny expressions on his face. Some children were still laughing loudly, but their enthusiasm was far less than before. The adults almost watched his performance expressionlessly.
Gotland felt a little cold in his heart. At this time, he noticed that there were some empty seats on the audience. People rushed over to fill the seats one after another.
In the past, the audience sat down and waited for Gotland's opening performance and cheered, but now, everyone seemed to be careless about his show and regarded it as an optional existence.
Cold sweat gradually emerged, and limbs began to tend to be out of control.
He was throwing the ball now when he suddenly heard a person in front of the audience say to his companion: "Let's go and hand over the documents first, and we will come back to see it when Mr. Shushu's performance later."
"But I want to watch the horse training performance and the lion performance, and also the tightrope walking performance."
"What's so good about it? You've watched it countless times. We're here in the circus now just to watch magic."
After saying that, this man pulled his companion away
Go out.
Gotland heard these words clearly, "Click", a small ball fell to the ground, and then the remaining five balls fell down, and a series of crisp sounds, like chisels, carved countless holes in his heart.
"Gotrand, what are you doing, you idiot? Pick up the ball quickly and continue to perform!" The circus leader whispered from the side, "Do you want to do it?"
Gotland suddenly woke up, bent down, and picked up the nearest ball. When he raised his head and was about to walk towards the next ball, he realized the audience's reaction. Some people expressed impatientness and some people didn't care. The reason for not caring was that they were not watching the opening show at all.
Gotland felt a buzzing sound in his head, and he stood there dumbly, a voice echoing in his heart: I'm so angry...
No one will pay attention to how many balls he can throw in his hand, nor will he pay attention to any difficult movements he has done. We just think there is a clown doing a boring performance on the stage, that's all.
His eyes flew over the audience again, and he actually found the familiar face. It was Miss Roberts. Sally did not follow her, but Mr. Dahl was sitting next to her! This was undoubtedly a worse injury to Gotland.
Miss Roberts' expression was no longer as full of surprises and expectations as she was in the circus for the first time, but was faint, just like everyone else. She didn't like herself or her performance.
Despite his frustration in his career and relationship, Gotland did not dare to stop the activities in his hands, but continued to complete the movements day after day. In this way, he completed the rest of the performance in an unusual but reasonable manner. The sparse applause was uneven, and the gap with the past made him feel like he was falling from a cliff.
Is this really the only way, but there is no way.
That's it, falling from the clouds and from the altar, Gotland's opening performance was greatly reduced, and even the subsequent shows were not as good as those.
In the next horse training program, he hid behind and watched the horse trainer directing the five ponies to circle around and dance rhythmically with the music. He also felt very interesting. "The horse trainer can be so creative." He couldn't help but sigh.
After the show, the horse trainer drove the horse off the stage. When he saw Gotland standing aside, he patted his shoulder to comfort him: "Gotland, it's nothing, you can also add new ideas to your show."
Gotland smiled bitterly: "This is what my show is, it's hard to add creativity. Even if it's really creative, it won't be as effective as you and the magician." After that, he walked back to the lounge in a low mood.
"Hey, don't you take off your makeup first?" the horse trainer shouted from behind, "Be careful that if you rub your makeup on the sofa, the leader will scold you. He was dissatisfied with you today."
"Whatever, I'm tired." Gotlanchao waved his hand from behind and walked into the lounge without looking back. He was afraid of seeing the gloomy face of the circus leader, he was afraid of seeing other actors joining creative and better performances, he was afraid of hearing the audience burst into fierce applause for actors other than him, and even more afraid of meeting the new star of the circus - Mr. Shushu.
In the lounge, he sat on the sofa in disappointment, staring blankly at the circus hanging on the wall in front of him. He was standing in the front and middle position, attracting attention
, radiant. At that time, I was so confident and excellent, but excellence was evaluated by the audience. When Mr. Shushu's magic program made the audience feel the beauty of creativity, the audience sneered at their boring program.
"Is my time over? Will the next era be Mr. Shushu? And Miss Roberts will also fall into Mr. Dahl's arms?" Gotland murmured to himself, "But I'm so unwilling, unwilling..."
Thinking of the scene where Miss Roberts and Mr. Dahl sat tightly together, and their intimacy at the bakery, Gotland felt heartbroken. The calmness and happiness on his face when Miss Roberts snuggled up to Mr. Dahl were completely different from the embarrassment and shyness she had before.
"Is Miss Roberts uncomfortable being with me, and she can be happy to be herself once she is with Mr. Dahl?" Gotland said to herself.
Slowly, he felt very tired and slowly lay on his side on the sofa, gradually closing his eyes and sinking into sleep.
The applause from the outside venue could not wake him up. His heart was too tired and he needed spiritual rest.
Finally, the magic show, which is the finale of this one.
The host shouted excitedly: "Next, please invite Mr. Shushu to perform - become a living person!" Because he was too high and his body language was too large, his bow tie was loose and almost fell off. Fortunately, he was caught by him empty-handed.
As soon as he heard the words of Mr. Shushu, Gotland immediately woke up: "It's finally him."
Gotland slowly sat up from the sofa, thought for a long time, and decided to go and watch the performance of the new star.
"Mr. Shushu, please invite me." The host said to the magician.
Mr. Shushu took him to bow on the stage and said, "Does anyone want to be my assistant?"
A female audience member in front raised her hands on her own initiative.
"What a passionate woman, I have a affectionate lady!"
The female audience is tall, beautiful, lively and cheerful, and not at all stage fright.
She followed Mr. Shushu's instructions and stood in a long large cabinet. Then, after Mr. Shushu turned around casually, he turned to the front of the cabinet. He quickly closed the door. Then he looked at the audience and smiled mysteriously: "What do you think will happen in the next moment?"
The audience looked at the stage with curious eyes.
Mr. Shushu slowly walked to another corner of the stage, which was blocked by large curtains. He suddenly opened the curtains, and inside was the female audience just now.
The warmest applause in history broke out in the audience, and many audiences even stood up to cheer, and everyone shouted Mr. Shushu's name. For a moment, the atmosphere of the entire circus was ignited.
Gotland hid behind the curtain, holding the curtain tightly with his fingers. His mood just now rose and fell with the magic performance. He was fascinated by the magician and praised the magician's superb skills from the bottom of his heart. He couldn't help but think: This is the real performance, worthy of being a magician, and he can really bring surprises to the audience every day...
Chapter completed!