High Wire

Desperate for work, a man went to the owner of a local circus and asked if there were any openings. The owner told him that he needed a high wire act, but the job required walking without a net over the lion’s cage while wearing a monkey suit. The man, needing the job, put on the suit and climbed to the high wire amid the stunned gasps of the crowd. Stepping gingerly on the thin rope, he began to shuffle his way across, when he suddenly lost his balance and fell into the lion’s cage. “Help!” the man screamed as the lion quickly jumped on him. “This beast is going to eat me!”

“Shut up,” the lion said angrily. “You want to get us all fired?”

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