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费尼尔司．泰勒．巴能 (Phineas
Taylor Barnum) 的诞生
巴能举办过最有名且获利最多的表演就是「汤姆．拇指将军」 (General
Tom Thumb) 。其实他是一个只有25英吋高的人，名字叫做查尔斯．史崔顿 (Charles
Stratton) 。这个表演吸引了将近2千万人来观赏。巴能甚至还把史崔顿带到白宫去表演，他们在那里还遇见了林肯总统。
当巴能与詹姆士．贝里 (James Bailey) 成立「地球上最精采的表演」时，他已经超过60岁了。你可能知道这就是有名的「玲玲马戏团」 (Ringling
Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus) 。今日，你或许可以欣赏许多马戏团的表演，但是你绝对看不到另外一只斐济美人鱼了。
Barnum's most famous and profitable exhibit was Charles Stratton, a 25-inch-tall man whom Barnum promoted as General Tom Thumb. The exhibit drew 20 million people. Barnum even took Stratton to the White House, where the two of them met President Abraham Lincoln.
P.T. Barnum was over 60 when he and James Bailey created the "Greatest Show on Earth." You may know it as the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. There are all kinds of circuses you can go to today, although it is unlikely you will ever find another FeeJee Mermaid.
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