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Usually full of activity, the circus confines had slowed to a crawl. The night before had been full of chaos and great activity. One of the elephants had given birth and the handlers and the circus veterinarian were exhausted. All the handlers and circus entertainers were thrilled at the birth of the newest member of the circus—a girl, who was named Lotus Blossom, by her mother, Genji.
Genji released a big sigh of relief as she relaxed into a state of pachydermal pleasure. Covered in a thin layer of mud, Genji lifted her trunk and caressed the small infant beside her. It was early summer and already it was extremely hot. As the mud cooled and protected her skin from burning, Genji mused over the events of the last day.
“Was it only yesterday since the birth of my precious baby girl?” Genji moved slightly and uttered a small groan and winced in discomfort. “Why do humans complain so much about the length of time before giving birth to their young? They should feel happy that they don’t have to carry their babies for eighteen months, not to mention the four legs and a trunk!” She lifted her head slightly to catch a glimpse of Blossom, who was making an awkward attempt to get up onto her feet; she teetered unsteadily and plopped to the ground in a puddle of mud. Everyone in attendance chuckled at the young one.
“Come here, little one” said Ike, the vet. Blossom was looking dazed and rather embarrassed by her awkward attempt at standing. She looked at Ike, unsure of whether or not to trust him, blinked several times, and with trunk upraised took her first steps over to him. She extended her trunk and began taking in his scent. After a lengthy time of smelling him, she was convinced that he was safe. Ike patted her lovingly and then Blossom shyly returned to her mother’s side. Without any warning, Blossom’s pride and courage ran amuck when the youngster’s legs gave way and Blossom slid down onto the muddy ground. The handlers and circus performers that were milling around laughed heartily at the sight.
Blossom was sweet, gentle, alert, and interested in everything! Genji had to make sure to keep a watchful eye on her little one in order to keep her out of harm’s way The circus workers who unpacked and moved heavy equipment from place to place for setting up the show needed to keep aware of where Blossom was at all times—she always seemed to get her trunk and body into everyone else’s business! Blossom learned a lot about the circus just by following the workers around.
“Blossom, hey there, get out of that, you might hurt yourself and I’ll get in trouble for it! I never met an animal with such a curious nature. Just wait for a little while and we’ll play a game, okay?”
They befriended her, in part, because she always turned up to see what was going on and getting in their way, but often provided them with some much-needed entertainment in the way of an unplanned game of keep away or some other made up game that amused them all.
The handlers became concerned when odd, mottled markings that rather looked like polka dots appeared on the infant’s skin. Ike, the vet, performed some tests and
found that other than the unusual markings, Blossom was in perfect health. All the other elephants and animal handlers in the circus could see that Blossom looked different and began to avoid the little one. They all talked among themselves saying,
“Have you seen the skin on that newbie? What a sight those markings are—they look just like polka dots! We should all call her Dotty the Elephant!”
“Oh, oh I have a great rhyme!
I know a little elephant who’s rather spotty,
I think I’m going to call her Dotty
She looks really different from all the others,
I’d stay away if I had my druthers!”
“Billy-Joe, aren’t you just a gen-u-ine poet, you’re so funny!”
“Billy-Joe,” Will said, “You always have to be making fun of everyone and when you don’t have anyone to pick on, you choose a poor little animal who hasn’t done a lick of harm to anyone—shame on you!”’
And still others, both human and animal, seemed to be genuinely concerned for the little elephant, but even more concerned for their own welfare and chose to remain on the sidelines and at a safe distance way. The animals spoke their concerns among themselves. Some were still unsure even after Ike said that Blossom was well
“Are they sure that she won’t give us some kind of sickness? I mean, will we get all those awful spots on us and die?”
“That’s such a silly idea Jolie!” trumpeted back one of the male elephants. “Sick elephants don’t stay here very long. They take them away from other animals to a special place—an animal hospital.”
“Jolie, don’t say that around Miranda. You know how she gets—every little cough becomes an epidemic! She’ll milk a cold for all it’s worth and miss practice until it get’s downright disgraceful! ”
“Ah-huh, and I know there are a few more animals that shall be nameless who do the same thing! You’d think that they’d trust what Ike says, after all he is the doctor who takes care of us!”
“I’m going to believe what Ike says about that little one,” said a kindhearted mother elephant who was friends with the infant’s mother, Genji.
After a long time arguing back-and-forth over who was right, there were many elephants who were supporting Blossom and just as many who were against her.
Blossom was upset about the spots that appeared on her skin. She tried some different ways to get rid of them:
Plain water and that didn’t work at all;
A mud-soaked sponge rubbed briskly over the spots;
Trying to rub them off using whatever was handy—a tree, a building…. which just made her skin sore.
Everything Blossom did to get rid of her spots only hurt her skin, made other marks that Ike had to take care of, or just made her worn out! Some of the entertainers, especially the clowns, would see what she was doing to get rid of her spots, which they thought was side-splittingly funny! Whenever they saw her they would taunt and tease her by imitating her trying to get rid of the spots and laughing at her to the point that she would run to find her mother and hide her head in shame. Anyone who knows anything about elephants knows that they are very sensitive creatures, and Blossom was no different.
Blossom understood now that she had to live with the spots and try to forget about them as much as she could. “I need to find something to do so I can have some fun,”
Blossom said to herself. She wasn’t sure what that could be, but knew that she needed to find it—and fast!
On numerous occasions Blossom tried to approach other elephants wanting to make friends, but the handlers moved the elephants away to a safe distance. Genji had to protect Blossom from being hurt by other elephants that would charge or challenge her to fight. Blossom was sad and lonely and desperately wanted a friend. Those who had befriended her were often practicing routines for the show. Blossom was sad and spent a lot of time alone; she would watch the other elephants as they practiced and looked forward to a time when she could be a circus performer under the Big Top.
The circus was traveling year-round, in summer they went where the weather was cooler and in the winter where it was warmer. Genji had been watching her baby become more and more independent. Dotty, as she was now called, was growing up and beginning to work with her own trainer, Jimmy Donnelly. Working on her training was the best time of the day. Dotty loved her time practicing Jimmy. She had finally found something that she loved doing with her time; Jimmy felt just as happy to be caring for Dotty.
“Dotty!” Jimmy called. “It’s time to practice our steps! Dotty turned her head, looking for the person that had treated her so kindly over the last three years. Jimmy strode over to the elephant that was always so sweet. Dotty rubbed her trunk over his face and chest saying hello to her close friend.
Jimmy was always amazed at the ability that Dotty had naturally. Dotty was more advanced in her training than the other elephants of the same age; talent and style were part of her makeup and very much like her mother, Genji. She made use of her time alone by carefully watching the older elephants and trainers prepare for their performances. Dotty would secretly go off to a quiet spot where she practiced the steps that she saw the older elephants doing. Over and over she practiced each step as she remembered them; as she tried and failed and tried again, with each repetition her legs and body were becoming strong.
Dotty thought, “If only I could get these steps down perfectly! Maybe I will be noticed someday and I can be in a show under the Big Top.”
Jimmy gave encouragement at every practice with plenty of praise and to tell her that she was special, beautiful, gentle and sweet; He hoped that she would understand that she was wonderfully made—one of a kind! Jimmy watched other trainers working with their elephants; all of them were the same age as Dotty, but saw that they were not nearly as gifted as she was. Every new trick or series of steps that Jimmy taught Dotty, she was able to learn in no time. Once a week the young elephants got together and practiced a
routine that was run with another trainer, Rob, and the choreographer, Stefan. Many of the elephants made mistakes and had not learned the steps properly. Rob and the Stefan were amazed at Dotty’s ability to perform all the steps with ease.
Stefan said to Rob, “I have never seen such skill in any elephant of this age. She performs like an elephant twice her age! Who is her trainer?”
“She trains with Jimmy Donnelly. I haven’t seen him working her any harder or more often than the others. Dotty has a mother who performs admirably in The Chasse Elephants on Parade.”
“She must have performing in her blood, then!” Stefan said. “I would like to get a better look at her and see her in a different setting,”
Jimmy and Dotty went through their practice routine for Stefan and he observed every step of his choreography performed perfectly by the young elephant. Dotty even surprised Jimmy with a few steps of her own that she saw the older elephants doing and ended with a lovely curtsy. Her audience offered her much praise and applause for her great performance. Dotty was pleased at all the attention and the chance to show off her hard work to Stefan. She walked over to Jimmy and Stefan with as much confidence as she dared show. She rubbed her trunk affectionately over Jimmy’s chest, blowing a hefty gust of elephant breath on his neck. He laughed good-naturedly at Dotty who was asking for a treat. As she gladly took the treat from him he said, “I imagine this is what you’re after, my good girl! You’ve had a busy day, haven’t you? I think you deserve a mud bath and a good meal, too!” Dotty rubbed against him all the more when he said the magic words—MUD BATH! Dotty pranced around—as much as a young elephant can, as Jimmy and Stefan’s laughter filled the air.
As Dotty enjoyed her bath, Jimmy and Stefan talked about training and choreography.
“So, Jimmy, you have been her only trainer? If this is so I am very impressed with both of you, being so young.”
“Yes, we’ve been together almost since she was born. Since I was a kid, I have been preparing to take on the care and training of one of the new little ones and have enjoyed every minute working with this one.” With his final statement, he took his mud-soaked rag and gave Dotty an affectionate splat on her side. Being disturbed from her pachydermal-reverie, Dotty trumpeted her slightly annoyed response to his gentle slap. After some hosing down of a very relaxed, happy elephant and after a bit more light-hearted banter from Jimmy and Stefan, they parted ways.
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Several weeks passed since Dotty and Jimmy had seen Stefan and their lives had gone on much the same as always. In her alone time Dotty pretended that she was performing under the Big Top as the “star” of the show, wearing a fancy headdress, just like her mother wears; twirling and dancing, Dotty, swaying to the beat of the music and lifting herself up on her back legs and twirling completely around. As she came to the end of the dance, she curtsied to her audience’s grand applause. Jolted out of her imaginary performance under the Big Top, Dotty’s thoughts are interrupted by Jimmy coming toward her whistling a happy tune. At that moment Dotty remembers who she is and most-likely what she will become—“Who will even give me a chance at stardom with my spotted skin? They all call me names like Dotty, Polka-Dotty, and those are just
the ones I’ll repeat! My name is Lotus Blossom and I’m a nice elephant, I love people, and I love to dance!”
Jimmy knew well the look of sadness in her eyes and comforted Dotty with a kiss and gentle words that made her feel happy inside—just a little.
Dotty, you will one day have your chance to shine, just wait and see! Right now believe in who you are—sweet and loving, smart and funny, too.”
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A big problem had been going on, almost unnoticed, by many of the circus people. Jasmine, an important member of The Chasse Elephants on Parade was very sick. Ike, the vet was on call, day and night, to tend to his ailing patient. The owners of the circus were very worried about the elephant and about losing a very important act—everyone who comes to the circus expects to see a performance by the elephants. At the same time the trainers were trying to figure out who could take Jasmine’s place in the show. The more they thought about it, the more hopeless it seemed.
Stefan, the choreographer, had been out of town for several weeks and didn’t know about the sick elephant. When he returned the trainers came to Stefan asking him what he thought they should do.
“Hello, my friends, it is so good to be back!” Stefan said.
“Oh, Stefan, we are so happy you’re back! The elephant, Jasmine, has been very sick and Ike isn’t sure when she will be able to perform again.”
“How long has she been sick?”
“I’d say for about two weeks,” Bobby said. “She was able to perform for a few days and then she just lay down and stayed there.”
“Does Ike know what’s wrong with her?” Stefan asked.
“He isn’t exactly sure. Ike thinks it is just a virus of some kind that’s keeping her down.”
The crowd around Stefan was growing as the trainers saw their friend had returned. All were hoping that he would have an answer to this difficult problem that was on their minds. One trainer, Simon Dillon spoke words that were on all their minds.
“In the mean time,” Simon said, “We have a big problem. All the trainers have been trying to figure out what to do about the act. The owners are upset and are insisting on an answer right away. They want a replacement for Jasmine and the performance to go on as usual.”
“Jasmine has the most important and most difficult dance steps in The Chasse Elephants on Parade”, Willie chimed in. “We’ve been wracking our brains for days on who could take her place on such short notice, but the elephants that have that kind of ability are already in at least two acts every night.”
“Stefan,” Bobby said, “Do you have any ideas of what we can do?”
“Not off-hand, gentleman, but I will think on it. I believe that there is an answer to every question; it is staring us right in the face, we just haven’t seen it yet!”
Stefan’s thoughts were as mixed-up as the trainers were. “There has got to be an answer,” thought Stefan. At times like this, Stefan had to walk. He walked all over the grounds of the circus starting with Jasmine’s pen. Ike was caring for her, so Stefan and Ike talked for a while, and then he continued his walk. Stefan was so deep in thought that a few times he almost bumped into workers who were moving heavy gear to set up for the next show. People greeted him as he passed, but he almost didn’t hear them. He was just full of questions that seemed to have no answers.
Stefan‘s thoughts and quick pace caused him to nearly pass by a figure in an out-of-the-way section of the circus grounds. As he stopped to look, he realized that it was Dotty, playing her imagining game. Without making a sound, Stefan watched Dotty perform her routine flawlessly—she twirled, and danced, and even raised herself up on her back legs with her trunk raised high. When she had finished she curtsied and then skipped off her make believe stage and back into her real life, knowing that she was not like the other elephants in the circus, who had a future under the Big Top.
Stefan was greatly impressed with Dotty and her ability, not only with the skill of her dancing, but also with her stage presence and her sweet, calm nature. Stefan realized in that instant that Dotty was the answer to their problems—she was absolutely perfect! Straight away, Stefan made his way back across the grounds to find Rob and the other trainers and tell them the good news that their prayers had been answered! Stefan found the men eating lunch near the elephant pens. By the time Stefan reached the group of trainers, he was so breathless that he could hardly speak.
“Gentlemen,” Stefan said, “our problems have been solved! You will not believe it until you see it for yourselves. I have not seen it in one so young though—such grace, talent, ability…….”
“Grace, talent, ability--What in the world are you talking about, Stefan? Who has made you so excited?” Ron said.
“It is the little one—Genji’s baby, Dotty.” The mouths of all the men dropped at once and repeated the name “Dotty!”
“How can that one save the act?” Billy-Joe said.
“Yeah, she’s Polka-Dotty! Her skin is all messed up like they made a mistake and tried to erase it and made a bigger mess!”
“With her skin she’ll wreck the whole thing—No way!”
Stefan was very surprised at their reaction and resistance to the solution to the problem. Very few had ever seen her perform the steps to the routine he had prepared for the younger elephants and Dotty had gone far beyond them in her dancing ability.
“Why are you so against Dotty?” Stefan said. “You have decided from the time her spots appeared that she looks ugly and this gives you a good reason to treat her badly.
She deserves a chance to show what she can do! Give me the name of another elephant to put in Jasmine’s place! You cannot—I say that she gets a fair showing and…”
“Well, I guess we have no other choice but to see what little Spot can do. If she’s no good we don’t have to let her do it.”
“She is wonderful, you’ll see. There are few elephants that are as gentle and sweet in nature,
Stefan led the way to Jimmy’s trailer. It was now mid-afternoon and fairly hot; Jimmy was sitting in a lawn chair outside the trailer and as he saw the group coming near, he met them half way. Jimmy didn’t get mixed up in the problem with the show. He knew the general attitude of the trainers about Dotty so he remained uninvolved and let the others worry about it so Jimmy was completely surprised at the reason for their visit.
“Hello, my friend, it is good to see you again! I believe that I have the answer to all our problems with The Chasse Elephants on Parade. I have convinced these fine gentlemen at least to consider …”
“We have a favor to ask of you.” Rob said. “It is our hope that you and Dotty would honor us with a performance. Stefan told us that Dotty is quite gifted in her dancing ability and in the steps he choreographed for the younger elephants’ routine. You know that we need a replacement for The Chasse Elephants on Parade immediately and Stefan is convinced that Dotty is the one for the job.”
Jimmy was very surprised at the request to see Dotty’s routine and that she might be able to dance in a real show!. Jimmy agreed and was grateful for the chance for Dotty to shine at the thing that she loved to do most of all—Dance!
All the trainers, Stefan and Jimmy went to get Dotty from her pen and walked over to the Big Top for Dotty to perform. Dotty had always seen it from far away, but had never been inside; she didn’t know what was going to happen—but it was all very exciting! They all entered the Big Top and Dotty stared, amazed at the size of the great tent from the inside. She looked at all the seats and wondered what it must be like to be part of a real show. To her surprise, Jimmy brought her to the center of the tent and prepared for the performance to begin. Finally realizing what was about to happen, Dotty’s heart began to beat a little faster. As she performed her routine for all the trainers, a rush of longing for dancing to a full tent of on-lookers was so strong, she began to dance her own routine as she had been practicing in secret for such a long time.
When she had finished her last curtsy to her audience, the trainers were still divided in their thoughts about Dotty. Some of them were mad because they wanted their own elephant to be in the act. Others couldn’t get beyond her looks and see what a nice elephant she was. Those who had always liked Dotty broke out into applause. Dotty won over some of the trainers that day with her talent and began to see that she was a very nice elephant.
Stefan said, “Didn’t I tell you how wonderful she is—she is the answer to our problems! I won’t have to change much of the choreography for Dotty to fit perfectly into the act; she is a natural performer and she can dance her own routine instead of Jasmine’s and be the last elephant off the stage and do her curtsy at the end of the act!”
“That’s great” said Billy-Joe, “but what about those ugly spots on her body? They’ll wreck the whole act—one elephant with ugly spots and the rest looking nice!”
Well,” Stefan said, “I really don’t see a problem with her spots; she’s one-of-a-kind, perfect in her own way, but there is an easy fix to that problem, my friends, and that is makeup.”
“Makeup, what are you talking about Stefan?”
Stefan continued by saying, “What is the purpose of makeup?
It is used to shows off one’s beauty, but on the other hand, it can cover up things we want to hide as well.”
“So you’re saying we hide Dotty’s spots by making the other elephants look like her? How will that work with the color of her spots looking like giant mushrooms, good-looking is not the word that comes to mind.”
“I understand what you’re saying, but taking the idea a bit farther, gentlemen, by using beautiful colors on all of them, making them all look the same. It will cover up Dotty’s flaws, as you would call them, and it would work wonderfully.”
“Yes, I see what you’re saying, it is a great idea! Now we’ve got to let the owners know we have a plan that will save the act!”
Dotty was happy getting ready for her role in the show. Besides the coloring of her spots, she was being fitted to a lovely ruffle for her neck, and a hat, they will all having their nails painted so that they will all match. Dotty was so happy that her dreams were coming true; that she was accepted and needed by someone else. Genji, Dotty’s mother, was so proud of her baby girl. She had almost lost hope that her Lotus Blossom would be able to do what she loved most—dance under the Big Top!
By the time of the first show, Dotty was feeling comfortable enough with her part in the act, and Ron, the trainer, was confident in the way practices had been going with their newest member. Dotty started to feel her heart flutter in nervousness, and looked for her mother for the last bit of support before the performance. Genji remembered how she felt when she first started to work in the show, and was there to comfort her.
“Lotus Blossom,” Genji said in a soft, loving tone “you are the love of my life. My life has been blessed by having you. I am so proud of you for all your hard work and that you will be dancing your dream, for real, beginning this night, and for many more to come. Dance with joy in your heart and you will be just fine.”
With those words shared, Ron called all the trainers to gather the elephants together for the performance to begin. The Chasse Elephants on Parade was now underway and the audience was enjoying the new act. It was finally time for Dotty to begin her dance. She started a little timidly at first, but as her confidence grew, she began to feel free and happy in the dance. As her solo ended, the final chorus line began across the floor, front legs supported on the back of the elephant in front with Dotty following in the rear of the pack. As the elephants walked of stage out of sight, Dotty was the last to leave and offered a final curtsy to the crowd. The audience applauded so long and loudly that Ron felt that he needed to call the elephants back out again. Dotty got more heartfelt applause for her dancing; she was so happy that she happily started skipping off stage, which caused the audience to laugh and clap their approval all the more.
Dotty had many more performances while Jasmine regained her health. Dotty was very well-liked by the audiences that saw the show. At first Stefan choreographed new acts that hid Dotty’s unusual markings; with brightly colored costumes as well as using makeup. Stefan was slowly showing more and more of Dotty’s skin to the people that came to see the show. Trainers who had been against Dotty since she was a baby didn’t even notice the changes in the costumes or in their own slow change of heart toward Dotty.
By the time Jasmine was ready to perform again with The Chasse Elephants on Parade, Dotty thought that her time under the Big Top had ended; this caused a little bit of sadness for she had come to love performing with her mother and her new friends. Jasmine’s trainer brought her by to see all her old friends and on seeing Dotty she trotted over to her, raised her trunk and stroked Dotty on the trunk as a gesture of friendship and thanks. Dotty in turn stroked Jasmine in the same way.
Dotty thought Jasmine’s return to the rehearsals meant her work was done and Jimmy would be leading her out of the practice area and back to her pen. What a surprise for Dotty when Jimmy led her to her place in line. Jimmy gave her a pat and a kiss and whispered in her ear,
“Well, sweetie, you made audiences love you as much as I do; Ron thinks that you have been great in the act and wants to make a permanent place for you in the Chasse Elephants on Parade. You are going to be dancing under the Big Top just like you‘ve always dreamed of—not for a few weeks, but for many years to come.” Dotty blinked several times and rubbed her forehead against Jimmy. Ron rushed breathlessly into the rehearsal with a handful of papers. He looked at both Dotty and Jasmine, one at one end of the line and one at the other end. Ron had their trainers bring them forward and said,
“I have a brand-new routine written by Stefan to show off the talent of our stars—Lotus Blossom and Jasmine. I think that its time to call Dotty her by real name. I welcome Lotus Blossom as a member of The Chasse Elephants on Parade.” The trainers clapped their hands in agreement and rehearsal began on the new routine.
It was the first night of the new routine in the show. Lotus Blossom was so excited to be dancing on stage with Jasmine for the first time. They had similar outfits in different colors; they had fancy, jeweled headdresses laid on their heads and were draped in veils. The theme was supposed to be Arabian.Nights. The recorded music was a classical piece played by an orchestra. Stefan wanted to show off both elephants’ talents for performing difficult steps. Both Blossom and Jasmine did very well dancing together and the new routine was a big success!
Feeling badly about the rhyme that he made up about Dotty, Billy-Joe started to work on a new poem that would shout the praises of their newest elephant star, Lotus Blossom.
A late bloomer, our fair Blossom,
Sweet and gentle you are.
Dotty the elephant, marked by spots
You look really different, your skin is flawed,
But the outcome was planned by God.
Many shunned you, they were afraid,
But sometimes that’s how plans are made.
In secret, your dreams were
Locked up tight,
Hoping for a chance to shine;
To dance in a great big colorful tent
And be seen in a whole new light.
By chance, on a sunny midsummer’s day,
A choreographer saw you in a brand-new way.
Looking for an answer, scratching his head,
When he saw Dotty, his problem just fled.
“Dotty, with your talent and grace,
Won’t you please come dance with us?
The Chasse Elephants on Parade
Has an empty space.
Jasmine, the star, on her bed is laid,
Please come in and take her place!”
The makeup is on, the spots are hid,
Dotty dances like a kid!
She twirls, she does a pirouette,
But Dotty’s dance is not done yet.
She chasses and she twirls across the floor,
“Come on, Dotty, do some more!”
A curtsy and a final skip off stage,
And Lotus Blossom
Turns the page!
Blossom and Jasmine
Dancing together,
Look at them dance, just as light as a feather.
Dancing as a pair and in a chorus line,
They are really mighty fine!
Billy-Joe read his poem of praise at the next rehearsal for the trainers, Stefan, and all the elephants. Both humans and animals alike, were pleased with the poem about Blossom and with Billy-Joe for writing such fine words.
Blossom and Jasmine performed with the circus for many years. Blossom, in her later years, had a baby of her own. Her baby had spots as well in the shape of hearts. She called the baby boy Cupid—but that’s a whole other story!
Lynne A. Fickett
6/14/06
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