Åska the circus masterÅska is the circus master of the Circus of Light. She was raised by her grandma who was born in Sweden. She is from the Sami people, which is why she wears that interesting hat her grandma gave her. Åska is very proud of her heritage, and only uses the hat for special occasions, like when she’s being the circus master. Åska has her own performance (the number 4 ) in the circus where she dances on the tightrope, although sometimes she is a bit scared of heights. Åska loves trees, tea cakes and shiny things. She also loves the smell of raspberries and the number 4. Her most favorite thing in the world is bananas, and since she sometimes sells them before the performance, she tries to sell as little as possible, and so she sings: bananas bananas, rotten at the edges, good in the middle.
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Luxi the MonkeyLuxi is a very cheeky monkey. He loves the wind on his monkey fur, even though it makes his little monkey eyelids flap about like crazy. That’s why he also loves glasses, but when he puts them on he gets a bit mad because they are too big for him and also because he then sees double. Once when he put some glasses on, he stole a toupee from a man and climbed all the way up a tree with the toupe. He would not come down so it took some great effort from Åska to get Luxi to return the toupe to the poor bold man. This said, he is also very kind and very generous too.
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The Tooth Artists
The tooth artists are lovely beaver like creatures with very big, strong teeth. Their favourite place for 'hanging out' is the tight rope, but they don't do this much because they know that this makes the tight rope artist very ropey! So instead they are often found dangling from the washing line, which is why Åska can never find enough space for her laundry. Maybe they even sleep hanging around, but I haven't been lucky enough to see that yet. Word has it that they have American ancestors that ended up all the way over here in Scandinavia because once they were 'hanging' from an anchor's rope and the rope was so thick and comfortable that they fell asleep and when they woke up, they were already in high seas. Imagine the shock! |