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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1981
Page
9
Elephants are popular circus animals with Jumbo, a famed African elephant, noted for arriving in the United States three years after crossing the Atlantic. She was killed by a freight train in 1885. The text also outlines other act animals and training notes.
The article highlights varied circus roles including jugglers balancing multiple feats, boys and girls as essential performers, and unique acts like the human cannonball. It notes equestrians perform from a horse’s back, aerialists on flying trapeze, equilibrists balance bodies and props, acrobats on bars or seesaw like teeterboards, animal trainers with animals, and wire walkers high above.
The prompt asks to read a sentence about things and activities in a picture that start with the letter P. It highlights playful phrasing and performance related items likely including people, pets, and props beginning with P.
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