Believe it or not, that’s when things began to get weird. Lo was back at the pigsty, but instead of pigs, she was surrounded by circus animals. It turned out that she, or her comic avatar, ‘Catnip,’ was to perform in the circus. She did not know how she was to perform, but the ringmaster was barking orders at her. Lo, who was on all fours in the slop, looked up and saw Tara dressed as the ringmaster — top hat, red sequin vest, red sequin pantsuit — and carrying a whip.
Tara was whipping Lo’s ass to get her out into the center ring. Lo crawled on all fours, led by Mr. Biggs dressed as Jabba the Hutt. In the center of the central ring of the large round tent was a circular stool or podium. Biggs led Lo up onto the podium. The crowd applauded loudly. Lo was surrounded by hundreds of people — men, women, children — all eagerly anticipating the performance. They seemed to know what was about to come, but Lo did not.
However, she got a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach when she saw over her shoulder Tara, the ringmaster, using her whip on the ass of a giant elephant, to get him out to where Lo was instructed to wait.
The crowd rose to their feet and screamed and hollered, eating popcorn and whooping it up. The elephant was right behind Lo and, to her astonishment, getting very erect. It put its front legs very gingerly on the stool and, incredibly gently, almost…