circus-train

Updated: May 26, 2025

Romulus was the quicker to escape, for a circus-train makes a trail of dust along the road, and with swift alacrity he sprang into the boughs of the oak, the heavy Moses clambering laboriously after, emitting guffaws in praise of the superior agility of his guardian.

W. C. (William Chambers) Morrow - The Ape, the Idiot & Other People