Circus Announcer: And lastly—look upon the Leaden Lump of Elwood City. Crowd: gasps Circus Announcer: Large...lardy...a lifeless layabout lump of...lumpiness! Crowd: gasps Circus Announcer: Ah, it's alive! Run for your life! Crowd: screams Everybody runs away. The lump turns out to be Arthur. Arthur: No, hey! It's me, Arthur! Come back! He is thought to be a massive, lifeless, lump of fat, and then scares everyone when he turns out to be alive.