Circus Train

CIRCUS TRAIN
Imagine this: a bunch of animals flies past
you at sixty miles per hour. What do you
see? Some lions, ferocious tigers,
elephants, and mischievous monkeys. It
must be a circus train! It was a locomotive,
another word for a train transporting circus
animals from one place to another.
It was difficult to move the circus animal
earlier. They had to drag around all their
animals, performers, and tools. Since there
were no proper roads, these journeys were
unsafe and took a long time. Circuses
would stop at many small towns between
the large venues.

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It was not profitable to perform in these
small towns but due to the long journey
until the last destination, it made sense to
spend some time in these towns. After
they began using circus trains, all circus
companies only brought their show to
large cities.
These performances were much more
grander and the profits were high which
went towards creating an even more
magnificent circus. Hence, we can
conclude that circus trains changed the
face of the circus industry and made it
very profitable for circus businesses.



QUESTIONS
1.Why was it difficult for the circus animals
to move around?
1.Why did it make no sense in performing for
small towns?
1.How did the circus industry become
profitable?
1.What would be the current situation of the
circus industry according to you?
1.Can you summarize the passage in 3-4
sentences?



ANSWERS
1.Why was it difficult for the circus animals
to move around?
Answer: It was difficult for the circus
animals to move because there were no
proper roads, the journey was unsafe and it
took a long time to transport these animals.
2. Why did it make no sense in performing
for small towns?
Answer: It made no sense in performing for
small towns as it was not profitable.
3. How did the circus industry become
profitable?
Answer: They became profitable after the
circus trains started as it became easier and
faster to transport these animals from one
place to another.

4. What would be the current situation of
the circus industry according to you?
Answer: Currently, there would be a fall of
the circus industries as there are more
sources of entertainment available now.
And also many people are against the
cruelty of animals, therefore many circuses
have shut down.
5. Can you summarize the passage in 3-4
sentences?
Answer: This passage is about how the
circus trains enabled the circus industry to
grow and become profitable as it became
easier to transport animals to big towns.
This took shorter time and also the scale of
the circus became grander.