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I ran away from home with the circus, / Having fallen in love with Mademoiselle Estralada, / The lion tamer.
One time, having starved the lions / For more than a day, / I entered the cage and began to beat Brutus / And Leo and Gypsy.
Whereupon Brutus sprang upon me, / And killed me.
On entering these regions / I met a shadow who cursed me, / And said it served me right.
It was Robespierre!