"If I Ran the Circus" Quotes
A young boy imagines the fantastical and whimsical circus he would create, filled with incredible acts and imaginative creatures.
picture books | 58 pages | Published in 1956
Quotes
I know some good tricks I will show them to you. Your mother will not mind at all if I do.
You'll see drummers who drum as they drum up tall towers, and I'll drum up a few birds to look like wild flowers.
I'll be the ringmaster of a marvelous show in a tent that's as big as the town of Booville and as bright as the moon.
I'll find a wide-mouthed frog and I'll train him to jump through a great rubber hoop on the top of my hat.
I'll pull out the stopper! And then... Whoosh! Through my Hat! And I'll blow in a show that is certainly THAT!
And that is the circus that I will build, all on my own, without any help!
I'll find a young fellow who's eager to go and grow a great hole in the world's smallest hoe.
I'll hunt in the mountains of Zomba-ma-Tant with helpers who all wear their eyes at a slant, and capture a fine fluffy bird called the Bustard, who only eats custard with sauce made of mustard.
I'll bring a wild cow from the Island of Kute. Who only eats rhubarb and blueberry fruit.
I'll bring back a herd of wild cows from the Glotz, which our parent's ancestors used to wear on their trotz.





