Once we reached the stunt area, we saw that Nate was revving his dirt bike, causing plumes of blue smoke to sputter out of the exhaust pipe. The front tire was pointed up the ramp which would take the bike sailing out over twenty cars before it landed on another ramp pointed down. The crowd of people gathered on either side of the ropes near the cars that were lined up, and it was so big that Nate had to blink his eyes a few times to make sure he wasn’t imagining things.

Aidan blew his whistle with a loud shrill. “Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a third grader at St. Joe’s. His name is Nathan and he will dazzle us with a daring jump on his dirt bike over those twenty crushed cars. Ready when you are, Nate.”

The boy flipped the face guard on his helmet down over his eyes and stuck his thumb up in the air, signaling that he was ready for action. Decked out in his black and yellow fireproof dirt bike suit, Nate looked totally awesome. With one final rev of the engine, the back tire began spinning, sending waves of dirt into the crowd of spectators. The dirt bike suddenly flew up the ramp like a shot before sailing high into the air and cresting over all twenty cars. With a thump, the dirt bike touched down on the other ramp as Nate slammed on the brakes and spun the back of his bike around so that another wave of dust and dirt blew into the crowd. As expected, a huge round of cheering and applause sounded as Nate shut off his dirt bike and pulled off his helmet.

“That was awesome, Nate,” I hollered while clapping my hands.

As the applause continued, many younger kids ran out towards our hero and begged him for autographs. Feeling like a star, Nate hammed it up for the crowd as he signed autographs and smiled for mothers and fathers who took pictures of him with their children. All in all, it was a fantastic start to our circus!