Madagascar

Chapter 28

The others became very excited.

Marty: Anywhere!

Alex: We can do anything!

Marty: Anything!

Alex: lf we do it together!

Marty: All of us!

The circus humanoids all cheered. Even the dogs were ready to join.

Circus Animals: Yeah... Yeah, yeah!

Alex: Our circus!

Horses: Yeah! Yeah!

Freddie: We're in! We'll have some of that!

Marty: Can l hear you say "fur power"?

Alex: Take our circus back, and we'll do it together! That's right!

Gloria was excited too. She turned to Melman and responded.

Gloria: You and me, baby! What?! An act together!

Melman: l love it!

Gloria: We can do that funk and groove dance thing!

Melman: Dance?

Gloria: This thing right here. Look. Me and you! We got this!

Melman started to blush lightly as his glasses became foggy.

Melman: But l- l- l- l- l can't dance.

As Gloria tried to get Melman to dance, the other animals excitedly started to reinvent themselves. They had lots of ideas for new circus acts.

Vitaly: l do not trust this lion.

Gia: Vitaly, l may not trust him, either, but l am tired of sitting and standing and rolling over.

Vitaly: lt is great tradition of sitting, standing, rolling over.

Gia: You know our circus is in trouble. This could be our last chance. But we will not do this without you.

Stefano: Circus always stay together.

Vitally thought about what Gia and Stefano said.

Vitaly: OK. l do one hoop.

Gia was so happy that she hugged Vitally.

Stefano: l want a hug, too!

Stefano joined in too! And there, on Vitally' scared face was something that no one had seen in a long long time.. A smile.

The humanoids decided the alpine clearing was the perfect place to practice. If you looked up, you could see the sun bouncing off the alp's peaks. And if you looked down you would see the humanoids rehearsing their new acts- bouncing and rolling hopping and swinging.

Mort: Come on, Maurice, give it to me!

Stefano: More boomstick, Rico! l really want to fly!

Marty: Are you really going to shoot yourself out of that thing?

Stefano put on a crash helmet, climbed to the muzzle of the cannon and slipped inside. Rico tossed a ton of dynamite into the muzzle.

Stefano: l've always dreamed of doing this, from time l was a little pup, to be a human cannonball! Except, you know... a sea lion cannonball.

Marty: ls it dangerous?

Stefano: ls it dangerous? Yes, of course it's dangerous!

But Stefano didn't sound scared, he sounded excited. Rico shoved the last stick of dynamite into Stefano's mouth and jumped down.