Bade DAĞLI
THE AMAZING AIR WALKER
Hi ! My name is Lucinda . I am 22 years old . I ' m a tightrope walker . My stage name is The Amazing Air Walker . I was born in a circus-- the same circus that I work in now . I grew up with a tiger , a lion and my friends in the circus . I was home schooled because I lived in an international circus . It was lonely I didn ' t have a lot of normal friends .
My best friends are a lion and a tiger , their names are Marshmallow and Pumpkin . I was inspired by my favorite cartoon character “ Chat Noir ” who is a superhero and that wears a black cat costume . I was inspired by him because he had this never-ending stick that keeps growing longer and he always walked on it and it looked really cool .
My mom and my dad are flying trapeze artists . Once they took me on stage with them . When they started they were throwing me to each other . My mom couldn ' t catch me so I kind of flew into the audience . Fortunately , nothing happened to me . Everyone was laughing including me .
I usually practice at the cym . There are no safety nets for tightrope walkers there . I remember the day I first tried to walk on a tightrope when I was 12 years old . I fell on my head ! Fortunately , I wasn ' t too high . It took me 3 years or more to finally walk on the tightrope without falling but it ' s still hard . 3 months ago I fell and broke my leg , there wasn ' t a safety net . While I was trying to learn I broke a few bones . When I fell my friends would laugh at me but I didn ' t give up . If I would give up I wouldn ' t be here , on the stage , making people happy . I remember the day that I first walked on a tightrope . I was performing in the show and I got so excited that I fell . Luckily , since it was during the show and the circus tent was set up , I fell into the safety net . If I did it , you can do it ! Never give up !
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