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3180. The knife thrower © Bruce Goodman 19 April 2025 |
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Tonko worked for a circus. He performed under the name of Tonko but his real name was Anthony. Tonko was a knife thrower. He threw knives at a board with Miranda, his girlfriend, standing in front of it. These knives when thrown missed Miranda by about quarter of an inch. It was very skilful and the audience were always on the edge of their seats. It had been a long season. Tonko and Miranda had worked every night for almost six months. It was at this time that Miranda confessed to Tonko that she had been seeing Claude the trapeze artist. They were going to elope now that the season was over. "I'm leaving you. I've grown to hate your guts." Tonko pointed out that there was still one performance left. Back to Index Next Story Previous Story |