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| WHILE IN CHINA ELWOOD HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET A GENTLEMAN WHO OWNED A RESTAURANT. WHAT A PLACE IT WAS. IT DEPICTED THE ROYAL COURT AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN YEARS AGO. ELWOOD USUALLY FEELS AT HOME WHEREVER HE IS, BUT THIS TIME HE FELT A LITTLE OUT OF PLACE. HE REALLY WASN'T DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION. |
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ELWOOD HAD A CHANCE TO WANDER AROUND IN CHINA AND STOPPED MANY PLACES FOR PICTURES. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN A CROWD OF CHINESE CITIZENS STARTED TO GATHER AND TAKE PICTURES OF ELWOOD. WHEN THE CROWD GOT TO BE AROUND THREE HUNDRED THE POLICE STEPPED IN AND ASKED ELWOOD AND HIS FRIENDS TO LEAVE. THEY WERE CAUSING A PUBLIC DISTURBANCE. BEING A GOOD LAD, ELWOOD BEAT A HASTY RETREAT. |
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| OH WELL, WHILE I WAS IN CHINA, I TOOK A FEW FRIENDS TO THE GREAT WALL. EVEN ELWOOD ADMITS THAT ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR THINGS HE HAS EVER SEEN IS THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. IT STRETCHES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. HE WAS JUST GLAD THERE WAS SOMEONE TO CARRY HIM, AS HIS SHORT LEGS NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT. |
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| ONE THING ELWOOD LIKES ABOUT THE CIRCUS ARE THE BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED LADIES IN THE SHOW. ELWOOD SENT ME FOR COTTON CANDY AND POPCORN WHILE HE ENTERTAINED THE LADIES WITH STORIES OF HIS TRAVELS. I GOT EVEN. I ATE THE POPCORN AND COTTON CANDY ON THE WAY BACK. |
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SPENDING A WEEK AS A CLOWN WITH RINGLING BROTHER'S CIRCUS, I WAS INVITED TO BOGNER-REGIS, ENGLAND FOR THE WORLD'S INTERNATIONAL CLOWN CONVENTION. |
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SEVERAL YEARS AGO ELWOOD AND I HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET CLOWNS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. HERE IS A PICTURE WITH A FEW OF THE THOUSANDS OF CLOWNS THAT ATTENDED THE CONVENTION. I CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY, THIS IS ONE TRIP I WAS GLAD ELWOOD ALLOWED ME TO COME ALONG ON. I WAS BUSY TALKING TO SCHOOL CHILDREN ABOUT "DREAMING BIG" AND ELWOOD STAYED CLOSE TO HIS NEW FRIENDS. ENGLAND IS A VERY FRIENDLY HOST. WE WOULD GO BACK TOMORROW, IF WE HAD THE CHANCE! |
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