The day finally came when the master could announce to the public a most extraordinary spectacle. Posters of all colors were pasted everywhere and they read thus:
GRAND ENTERTAINMENT
WILL TAKE PLACE TO-NIGHT
There will be the usual wonderful jumps and most surprising exercises
Executed by all the Artists
And by all the horses of both sexes in the Company
And more ! !
There will be presented for the first time The Famous Donkey
PINOCCHIO
Called
The Dancing Star
That night, as you can easily imagine, there was not a seat to be had in the house, and all the standing room was taken an hour before the show began. The whole theater swarmed with little children and babies of all ages, who were wild to see the famous donkey Pinocchio dance.
When the first part of the performance was over the master, in an evening coat, with white trousers
