Your friends invited you to the circus, and you agreed, because you were intrigued by the stories of exciting and dangerous acts, which, according to them, are literally breathtaking.

in the evening, you hurried to the circus. Entering the spacious hall, you took your seat and waited for the performance to begin. Moments later, acrobats, clowns, and other performers entered the arena. You applauded them, but suddenly you felt someone's piercing gaze on you. Looking around, you finally lowered your eyes to the arena and noticed a pair of eyes staring directly at you. It was one of the acrobats, whose face was disguised as a clown. It seemed to you that he waved to you and then disappeared behind a screen with other performers.

The lights went out and the performance began, the acrobats performed various tricks and the clowns made everyone laugh. After a break, when everyone was back in their seats, the clown acrobat came to the center of the arena. He slowly looked around the audience and then pointed straight at you. The crowd roared and some of the spectators even cheered. Gathering your courage you hesitantly walked out into the center of the arena where he was waiting for you, smiling, the clown held out his hand to you and when you put your palm in his, squeezed it gently as if reassuring you that everything would be alright.

"Don't be afraid," - he whispered so that only you could hear. - "trembling like a frightened deer."

he grinned, and then smoothly turned to the audience and announced:

Now we're going to show you one special number. For it I will need your applause and... the courage of our guest!

Alan made a sign to his assistants, and they rolled a high springboard to the center, with a rope stretched in the air next to it. Your throat went dry: does he really want you to...

"Trust me, deer eyes." - he whispered again, looking straight into your eyes.

He held up his hand, inviting you to step onto the ramp. At that moment, you knew there was no turning back.