O'brian responded, "I remember when she raised Violet's grandmother. She was very responsible." As they entered the tram, he said, "I hope you realize how hard I am working to entertain. It's hard for us, you know why? Let me ask you, What is a way to describe some of the most common circus attractions?" At the children's shrug, he said, "DEATH-DEFiANCE!"
Angela replied, "And how can any of you defy death. You're allready there."
He told the engineer, "Let's go see the freaks." The engineer nodded, and as the tram took off, O'brian told the kids. "I give you my solumn vow that what the freaks look like now, is pretty much what they looked like in life."
Charlie replied, "We'll take your word on that."
As the tram stopped into a room with several barred windows each looking into what looked to the kids like deluxe hotel rooms with large bed and mini fridge. Inside of each of the room was in turn, a man with a second head sticking out of his belly, a mutant hyena, a guy with the head of a frog, a man with scales instead of skin, a man with two noses, a woman with ears and whiskers like a cat, and a slightly tall man with a black crew cut.
Violet said, "Hey grandpa. Why is that guy here?"
O'brian replied, "He's our contortionist. Hey Peter. Show the kids what you did in life."
Peter the contortionist replied "Sure." and promptly kneeled and bent his legs up an over his head then twisted them into a spiral. Peter then said, "Ta-da!" and after the few seconds of silence. "Yeah kind of loses being impressive as I no longer have any real bones."
Augustus then said as he looked at the lizard man, "You know, I've seen Vreak shows in oddur circuses in Germany. This one seems different."
The man with two noses responded with, "It's the lodgings, little boy."
Frog-man reponded, "We've worked with other circuses before."
O'brian said, "But none of them treated you properly right!"
The head in the chest said, "Yeah, usually our cages contained nothing but straw."
The conversation was inturrupted by an alarm watch going off. Violet said, "What's that?"
Mike stepped forward and said, "That's me, It's time for me to take my vitamins."
Mike began unscrewing the cap of a bottle of vitamins, when a hairy arm reached through the cage, as Hyena-man snatched the bottle away from mike and giggling hysterically said, "Trying to make that gangly body of yourself stronger little boy."
Mike stepped forward and said, "Give them back!" and then streched his arm through the cave and snatched the bottle back. As he turned back Mike saw everyone in the room looking at him. He asked, "What?"
Charlie said, "You just streched your arm five feet!"
Mike shrugged and said, "If I don't take my vitamins, I get stretchy."
Mike was just opening the bottle when Peter the contortionist called out, "Young man! I have a proposition for you. If you can keep yourself that stretchy you have what it takes to be an amazing contortionist. Besides being impressive, it also comes in handy in a tight spot! I can train you in this respect! It would be great to pass on my skill to the next generation."
Mike thought this over, then said, "I guess I can lower my intake." then pulled out one pill and swallowed it. "You've got a deal."
O'brian said, "Peter, when you are done teaching Mister Teevee, please direct him to the fish fry."
Violet replied, "The fish fry?"
O'brian said as they headed back to the tram. "All of the food we have stored here has long since rotten. So the only thing we can feed you is fish, freshly caught from the ocean. Luckily we have facilities to do just that and the ghosts of some expert fisherman. Its where we will reunite with Miss Salt and Mister Teevee."