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But that night , anyhow , somethin' waked me , an ' I went an ' looked out the windo ' , an ' there was the hull thing goin ' by the house . The ' was more or less moon , an ' I see the el ` phant , an ' the big wagins -- the drivers kind o ' noddin ' over the dashboards -- an ' the chariots with canvas covers -- I do n't know how many of 'em -- an ' the cages of the tigers an ' lions , an ' all . Wa'al , I got up the next mornin ' at sun-up an ' done my chores ; an ' after breakfust I set off fer the ten-acre lot where I was mendin ' fence . The ten-acre was the farthest off of any , Homeville way , an ' I had my dinner in a tin pail so ' t I need n't lose no time goin ' home at noon , an ' , as luck would have it , the ' wa 'n' t nobody with me that mornin ' . Wa'al , I got down to the lot an ' set to work ; but somehow I could n't git that show out o ' my head nohow . As I said , I had n't no more notion of goin ' to that cirkis 'n I had of kingdom come . I 'd never had two shillin ' of my own in my hull life .