Theadore the Clown Part I

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There once was a Clown named Theadore. Theadore was not always a Clown. When he was young, he was an abused child. His mother and father beat him often. His father eventually ended up killing himself and his mother, with Theadore seeing it all. He was put in an orphanage, where he continued to be abused. Theadore finally caught a break, so it seemed, when he joined the circus. 

The Circus was all fine and well, except for one problem. Theadore was not very good at being a Clown. All he had ever known was pain and sadness. As a result, Theadore would become quite frustrated. Theadore was made fun of, because he was not a great Clown. He was also a fairly lousy worker. One day, the Strongman was making fun of Theadore. Ivan was his name. Ivan was lifting weights, and Theadore saw he was struggling. Ivan asked Theadore to come help. Theadore went to help, but a sudden urge came over him. Theadore decided to push down on the weight with all of his might. The snapped the Strongman's neck, and Ivan was no more. Served him right for making fun of him, thought Theadore. 

When Theadore was a child, he would always get in trouble. He would always say he got in trouble for nothing. His father would beat his mother, and always say to Theadore it was nothing. When the others saw Ivan, they immediately asked Theadore what had happened. Theadore said that he wasn't strong enough, and then started laughing. Susan was Ivan's girlfriend and the high flyer. She started to attack Theadore, but the ring leader stepped in. Later that night, the others plotted against Theadore. They just knew he was at fault. 

One of the midgets named Crazy Larry decided to beat Theadore with a bat. This nearly killed him. When Theadore reported the incident, everyone said it was just nothing. Later that night, Larry's body was found hanging upside down by his feet from the high flyer trapeze. In his blood read the word "this is nothing". Theadore was later found and when asked if he had anything to say to himself, he simply smiled and said "my name is Theadore, and I get in trouble for doing nothing. 

We never know the horror that someone else may have gone through. While there exist monsters in our imagination, often times the real monsters are in plain sight. Never inflict harm on another, else you accept 10 times the stones you threw. 

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