Trapeze Page #3

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But how many pairs of shoes

can you get from a trio of pythons?

- Are you happy with Chikki?

- I'm not unhappy. Eat the soup.

- Stop mothering me.

- Why? Isn't that what all loves come to?

Mike, why don't you shave

at least every other day?

Shave, eat... I'm getting

a regular life since you came back.

That boy. Is he trapeze?

He wants to be a flier.

Has he talent?

Could be great. Just great.

You know, Mike, I often wondered

why you never became a catcher.

When did you start wondering?

About three minutes ago?

You got to learn to tumble,

my boy. Like me.

Mike, you like that boy. Team up with him.

Catch him. Nobody can do it better.

Before he becomes this great catcher

he might change the rigging for my act.

- Don't let your partners hear it's your act.

- You said he could be great.

He could be the seventh man

in the world to do a triple.

Oh, Mike, Mike...

You spent years on the triple.

Look what it did to you!

Now you can have a good flying act

without it. Don't let the triple kill it.

- It's in him. Why shouldn't he do it?

- For what?

To pull a shoulder? Break his back?

I'll show him what I did wrong.

We'll be the greatest in the business.

- For how long?

- You want him to swing on a single bar?

Not with that kind of talent. I'd rather

see him cutting hair in a barber's shop.

Now, tomorrow we'll...

Now, tomorrow you'll get down to

business. You'll do no more drinkin'.

Watch. The man that photographed

my fall was your best friend.

He can keep you

from making the same mistake.

I'm breaking from the bar too late.

First somersault OK. Second OK.

Third somersault - short.

That's the boner that cost me the triple.

Not big, but fatal.

So we'll start at the beginning and make

each move perfect before we try the next.

I'll run it again for you.

Take a natural set now. That's it.

Hold it, hold it. Break! Break full!

Keep your head up. Don't bend those legs.

What are they made of, rubber?

That's it. Down the hill.

Right, back up. Now hold it. Now break!

Go.

Hold it. Hold it.

Now take a natural set. Natural.

Good. Great!

No!

No, no, no! Too late. Too late.

You'll bust your neck. It always happens

when you break too late. Let's try it again.

Hit it.

You got to learn to miss a trick

as well as catch it.

Landing in the net that way, you'll break

your neck just as easy as hitting the floor.

Now you watch that.

Bring those knees up more.

Hug your chest.

When you do a triple you gotta be

a tight little ball. Let's do it again.

That's better.

You're late again. If you can't make

those easy ones, we'll never get to a triple.

Mike?

Hit it!

Next time you try a double,

get that time right.

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