“Are you out of your mind, pipsqueak? The black panther is the most terrible animal in the zoo.”
“She was brought here because she’d bitten off and eaten eighteen tamers’ arms.”
Luís looked scared and pulled back his arm in fright.
“Did she come from a circus?” “Yes.” “Which circus, Zezé? You never told me that before.”
I thought and thought. Who did I know who had a name for a circus? “Ah! She came from the Rozemberg Circus.”
“Isn’t that a bakery?” It was getting harder and harder to trick him. He was growing smart.
“That too. We should sit down and have our lunch. We’ve walked a lot.”
We sat down and pretended to be eating. But my ears were pricked, listening to what my sisters were saying.
“We should learn from him, Lalá. Look how patient he is with Luís.”
“Yes, but Luís doesn’t do what he does. It’s evil, not mischief.”
“So he’s got the devil in his blood, but he’s so funny.”
“No one on the street can stay angry at him, no matter what he gets up to...”
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