crowds. A life of tense nerves and tense situations, for there were a dozen mishaps that could happen at any time to make things go wrong. Then there was the fear of the great sea of faces. At first this took away Ali's appetite so that he could neither eat nor sleep, but he gradually got used to it.
Then there was the continual travel. They were always on the move. No matter how much they liked a certain city, they must always move on. They had no home but the circus cars and the great tents.
This life was full of action, yet it did not pall upon them.
There was always something new to see, or some new problem to meet.
But finally Ali and Joie got used to it. They could sleep as well amid thun-
