Pirate Circus

We went to a performance today by the Flying Fruit Fly Circus. They were doing a pirate show which was great but they misjudged a few things. The story line was good except way too mature for the ages they were advertising for. The littler kids all cried the microsecond that it started because there was crashing and a very scary man. The story was this ship of pirates who had lost their captain. First they fought each other for the Captaincy. Then they asked for volunteers from the audience who joined them as 'crew'. Of course the audience members were part of the circus. Then the captain came back and they had some fights again. But then they lost Levi. Then they ran out of food and decided that they should eat the kids from the audience. Poor Levi just couldn't really cope. This little voice beside me:

"Mum Are they going to hurt those kids?"

"No, It is all fake. Everything is fake."

"But they have knifes"

"They are fake. It is all a performance honey. No one will get hurt"

"I want to go home"

It was over fairly quickly after that and we went to play in the park. I think that helped relax him a little afterward. For Levi, the best part was the train trip to and from. He was very excited to be on the train with his mate Ty.