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CIRCUS GIRL

You know how you always guess what your kids are going to do when they grow up, based on their childhood play choices? You know, the future doctor puts a splint on G.I. Joe, and the future architect creates cities in the sandbox.

Well, we took Maddy to the circus last weekend. Now, oh, brother.

At swimming lessons, she pushed off backwards from the wall as if in an Olympic backstroke race and flipped over under water, like a mermaid acrobat.

At home, she lined up all her mini Build-a-Bears from McDonald’s and had them doing tricks with a plastic bucket and a toy bicycle.

But for the grand finale, at the grocery store, we had one of those heavier carts with the toddler “cab.” She grabbed the handrail with one hand, bent over backwards toward the pavement, and arched her other hand skyward, gracefully . . . just like the spectacular bow by circus star Madame Shavatsky, or whatever her name was, who trained the white doves, dogs and cats.

The only difference was, Madame Shavatsky (or thereabouts) had deep, deep cleavage, and stiletto boots. But I suppose those’ll be next. Wonder how they’ll go with a freckle-nose?