I am a clown, and am proud to call myself one. My mother used to say that it is a great deed to diminish someone's sorrow and pain and gift him joy and happiness. It takes a lot of hard work to convert someone's tears into smiles. I have to cry to make them laugh, I have to fall from great heights to make them jump with joy. It takes a great deal of courage to make people laugh. And, I can proudly say that I do my job with uttermost sincerity.
Among the various get-ups of a clown, my favourite one is when I have to paint black tears under my eyes and a red line arising from my from the tip of my lips, stretching downwards, forming an inverted smile. I think it is the best to describe a clown's life; he cries, and people laugh.
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