Hating when he has to attend birthday parties where his father performs as a clown, a boy is surprised and unexpectedly saddened by his fathers decision to return to his former job as a lawyer. By the award-winning author of A Cage Went in Search of a Bird. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
The boy in this story never wants to go to his friends birthday parties, because Happy the Clown is always there. And Happy is
his dad.
He wishes his dad had a regular job, like all the other kids parents. He didnt mind his dad being a clown when he was a little kid, but now its just embarrassing. And even worse, since business is slow, his dad is putting a sign on the front lawn advertising his clown services!
But one night at dinner Dad announces that hes going back to his old job of being a lawyer. You were a lawyer? the boy asks, incredulous.
Now his dad wears a suit and tie to work, the family can buy a new car, his mom can take piano lessons, and he can have a skateboard and cellphone.
But something feels different. The boy wonders if his dad misses being a clown. Or is he the one who misses Happy?
With bittersweet humor, Cary Fagan brings us a story about a boys growing consciousness and a fathers realization that he can be himself.
In this hilarious and charming story, a boy wishes his dad had a regular job instead of being Happy the Clown but when his dad announces he is going back to his old job of being a lawyer, the boy soon realizes that he misses Happy!
