A little bored one day, Arkolio was reading through the Dragons Whisper, when he heard about a circus coming to Hempstead. A little curious, he went.
He moved past the various attractions, the bearded dwarfs, Thorn's Turnip eating contest, Pyyrans Stars and Stripes games, Kobal's feats of Strength and Angela's knife throwing contest, with a poor trussed up Storold on the spinning wheel as the target.
Finnaly, he came to a big tent, and inside on a podium, he found an elephant and a circus performer.
" Roll up! Roll up!" the circus performer cried, " I am giving the sum of 1000 True to any man who can get this Elephant to sit down!"
Up on the stage, various people were pushing and shoving the elephant in an attempt to make it sit... but with no success.
So up walks Arkolio, walks right up to the face of the Elephant... and he stares....
...and stares.... and stares....
... then walks right behind the Elephant and kicks it in the groin.
Whomp! With a trumpeted bellow, the elephant sits down fairly sharply.
To thunderous applause, Arkolio receives his reward and goes home.
Next week, having spent his winnings, he reads the Circus has moved to Wayfare and is showing the same events, including the "sitting Elephant trick".
Not wishing to be turned away, Ark pats some flour to his face to lighten his complexion, and puts on a thick Krashin accent.
Again, he moves through the various shows, into the tent, up to the Elephant....
" Roll up! Roll up! 1000 True to any man that can get this Elephant to sit down!"
... and so he walks up... and stares....
... and stares...
... and walks right behind the elephant and kicks it in the groin.
Whomp! With a trumpeted bellow, the Elephant sharply sits down, and Ark gets his reward.
Again, a week later, he discovers the circus has moved to Leringard.
Not wanting to get caught out, he takes some coal and smears it over his face to darken his compexion, and heads out to the Circus.
Again, he moves past the various shows and into the tent.
" Roll up! Roll up! 1000 True's to the man that can get this Elephant to sit down!" the circus performer cries.
Ark walks up to the elephant....
... but... the circus performer frowns. Perhaps recognising the facial features, perhaps having a bad feeling and growing sick of being out of pocket by one lucky bugger that plagues his circus every week. But for whatever reason, the Circus performer suddenly changes the rules.
" Roll up! Roll up! Er.... 2... yes... 2000 True to the man who can make this Elephant NOD.... SHAKE HIS HEAD.... "AND" SIT DOWN... WITHOUT TOUCHING IT!"
With a sneer, the Circus performer turns to watch Ark.
Now Ark has his foot on the stage, and, not wishing to get caught out and appear a fool, still approaches the elephant.
Sighing softly... he stares at the elephant....
... and stares....
... and stares....
... and says....
" You remember me dont you?"
The Elephant nods.
" You want a kick in the groin?"
The Elephant shakes its head.
" Then sit down."
// Hmm... yes it's bad... and yes I need to master shorter jokes... but he deserved it