\u00cd dag var fari\u00f0 \u00ed sirkus. B\u00f6rnin skemmtu s\u00e9r hi\u00f0 besta vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 horfa \u00e1 g\u00famm\u00edstelpuna sem gat tro\u00f0i\u00f0 s\u00e9r ofan\u00ed ofurl\u00edtinn kassa, loftfimleikast\u00falkuna, konuna sem tamdi t\u00edgrisd\u00fdrin, hina sem h\u00e9lt \u00e1 lofti h\u00falahringjum og, a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6g\u00f0u, tr\u00fa\u00f0astelpuna.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 leynir s\u00e9r ekki af ofant\u00f6ldu a\u00f0 sirkusl\u00edf \u00ed dag telst til l\u00e1glaunastarfa.<\/p>\n
Sirkusstj\u00f3rinn var samt vitaskuld karlkyns. Hann tamdi l\u00edka b\u00e6\u00f0i hestana og f\u00edlana. En var ekki eins flottur og s\u00fa sem var me\u00f0 t\u00edgrisd\u00fdrin.<\/p>\n
\u00deeir voru reyndar a\u00f0eins fleiri, karlmennirnir. En \u00fea\u00f0 er me\u00f0 \u00feetta eins og anna\u00f0, a\u00f0 arg\u00famenti\u00f0 er einhvernveginn sterkara \u00feegar ma\u00f0ur vandar vali\u00f0 \u00e1 sta\u00f0reyndunum sem nefndar eru m\u00e1linu til stu\u00f0nings.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g vil taka fram a\u00f0 ofanrita\u00f0 er ekki \u00e6tla\u00f0 sem dulin dylgja \u00e1 Evr\u00f3pusambandsumr\u00e6\u00f0una \u00e1 \u00cdslandi. Nema s\u00ed\u00f0ur s\u00e9.<\/p>\n
En krakkarnir, sums\u00e9, skemmtu s\u00e9r hi\u00f0 besta. S\u00fa sn\u00f6gga spur\u00f0i reyndar me\u00f0 \u00f3tta \u00ed r\u00f6ddinni undir hverju atri\u00f0i hvort \u00feetta yr\u00f0i n\u00fa ekki \u00f6rugglega allt \u00ed lagi. S\u00e9rstaklega undir t\u00edgrisd\u00fdrunum. \u00c9g velti fyrir m\u00e9r hvort ekki \u00e6tti frekar a\u00f0 fara a\u00f0 tala um \u00fe\u00e1 hjartalitlu – \u00fea\u00f0 er \u00f3ttalega margt sem hr\u00e6\u00f0ir hana \u00feessa dagana. H\u00fan fr\u00edka\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00fat \u00feegar vi\u00f0 lentum \u00ed hagl\u00e9linu \u00ed d\u00fdragar\u00f0inum \u00ed Stuttgart, h\u00fan er dau\u00f0hr\u00e6dd vi\u00f0 \u00ferumurnar og eldingarnar sem bresta \u00e1 n\u00e1nast annan hvern dag, \u00feegar rignir er h\u00fan hr\u00e6dd um a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9 svo miki\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9 bara allt a\u00f0 fara a\u00f0 fyllast, og \u00fear fram eftir g\u00f6tunum.<\/p>\n