Chapter 3 Summary

Jacob wakes in the morning as the train screeches to a halt. Camel takes Jacob to meet Crazy Joe, another member of the circus, who is in charge of the stock horses. Jacob is put to work mucking out the stable cars. After Jacob works for a few hours, his co-worker tells him the cookhouse is open, and they should go have breakfast. Jacob follows the young man to the chow line. Despite a ticket that Camel gave him, Jacob cannot satisfy the man in charge of the food line that he works for the circus until Camel comes to his rescue again. Camel leads Jacob to a table and tells him he needs to learn the speech patterns of the circus workers if he hopes to survive on the show. Camel then tells Jacob that they have to talk to the owner...