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2、erentlevel.Tomycritiquepartner,KristyKiernan,andmyfirstreaders,KarenAbbott,MaureenOgle,KathrynPufFett(whohappenstobemymother),andTerenceBailey(whohappenstobemyfather),fortheirloveandsupportandfortalkingmeofftheledgeatregularintervals.ToGaryC.Payne,foransweringmyquestionsonallthingscircus,o
3、fferinganecdotes,andcheckingmymanuscriptforaccuracyToFredD.PfeningHI,KenHarck,andTimothyTegge,forgraciouslyallowingmetousephotographsfromtheircollections.SpecialthankstoFredforreadingandhelpingmefine-tunethetext.ToHeidiTaylor,assistantregistrarattheRinglingMuseumofArt,forhelpingmetrackdown
4、andsecuretherightstovariousphotographs,andtoBarbaraFoxMcKellar,forallowingmetouseherfather'sphotograph.ToMarkandCarrieKabak,bothfortheirhospitalityandforintroducingmetoMark'sformerchargesattheKansasCityZoo.ToAndrewWalaszek,forprovidingandcheckingPolishtranslations.ToKeithCronin,bothforvalu
5、ablecriticismsandforcomingupwithatitle.ToEmmaSweeney,forcontinuingtobeallIcouldaskforinanagent.Andfinally,tothemembersofmywritinggroup.Idon'tknowwhatI'ddowithoutyou.ImeantwhatIsaid,andIsaidwhatImeant...Anelephantsfaithful-onehundredpercent!-THEODORSEUSSGEISEL,HortonHatchestheEgg,1940Prolog
6、ueOnlythreepeoplewereleftundertheredandwhiteawningofthegreasejoint:Grady,me,andthefrycook.GradyandIsatatabatteredwoodentable,eachfacingaburgeronadentedtinplate.Thecookwasbehindthecounter,scrapinghisgriddlewiththeedgeofaspatula.Hehadturnedoffthefryersometimeago,buttheodorofgreaselingered.Th
7、erestofthemidway-sorecentlywrithingwithpeople-wasemptybutforahandfulofemployeesandasmallgroupofmenwaitingtobeledtothecoochtent.Theyglancednervouslyfromsidetoside,withhatspulledlowandhandsthrustdeepintheirpockets.Theywouldn'tbedisappointed:somewhereinthebackBar
