A night out at the circus?
That was a strange offer by your friends, but you went along.
Maybe years have passed by ever since youâve been to the circus. You wondered if it was like you remembered. Your memory was vague about it, but when you and your friends parked the car, you saw the giant red tent. It was dark, but lights were shining on the red fabric from afar. A red carpet led the way to the entrance. The smell of popcorn and beer filled the space as you got closer. You and your friends were laughing about how silly it was all going to be, holding beers in your hands.
âHey kids! Get inside quick!â a clown passed before you, shouted in a goofy voice, and squeezed his red big nose.
You threw the empty beer, got a new one, and went quickly inside. Getting inside was a sight to behold. The interior felt bigger than what you imagined from the outside.
You and your friends found your places and sat down.
The lights turned off and only spotlights lit the ring.
âHowdy folks! Are you ready for the show?â A clown shouted to the crowd as he was holding a comical big microphone.
âYES!â the crowd responded.
âAre you really ready? Let me hear itâ The clown looked toward you and pointed, or at least it felt like it.
âYES!â the crowd shouted again.
The show was wild and funny.
The clown's customs were colorful and silly. Each one had his own thing and color. One had fuzzy huge purple hair. One had huge shoes he could barely walk in. Another had a nose that covered almost half of his face. But there was one you would never forget his appearance. His face was painted all white, with a red smiley mark covering the lower part of his face, and red curls that looked like red springs, trying to bounce out of his head.
You had so much fun, that you barely noticed the pressure to pee building inside of you from those two giant cups of beer. You didnât want to leave for the bathroom, the show was so entertaining, so you held it as much as you could. Eventually, you stood up and walked to the outside to find the toilets.
âYou! The guy whoâs walking outside! STOP!â you heard from the speaker, and the lights hit you.
You turned around and saw the curly clown was pointing at you.
The lights washed all over you.
You pointed at yourself questionably.Â
âYes you! Where are you going? We are in the middle of the show!â he asked, intending to get the crowd interested in the moment.
âIâm going to the bathroom.â you naively answered.
âCanât you hold it to the rest of the show? You are such a baby! Isnât he a baby people?â the clown asked the crowd, making them clap and cheer.
You turned red from embarrassment, gave him your back, and went outside.
You had to pee so bad, you didnât have time to think about what happened, not just yet. The toilets were around the tent, a bit far from the entrance. Next to it, there were the wheeled caravans of the circus crew. You could hear the crowd inside cheering and the faded voices of the clowns.
âHey there kid, howâs it going? Have you found the bathroom yet?â said the clown with the curly hair.
He must have finished his act and went outside. He was smoking a cigar and the smoke moved around him in the light breeze. He looked at you, without the act from the show.
âNo, not yetâ you answered.
âItâs not polite what you did back there, only babies canât hold and wait. You must be a baby. But you are funny, at least I can look at you and see you have The funny in ya. Ever thought about clowning? Do you want to clown around with us?â he asked as you took a big drag from his cigar, putting his lips around it, making it visible for you to see.
âWhat? Me as a clown? Nah, I have to take a piss, excuse me,â you said and turned away.
âYou are certainly not excused.â you heard him say.
A second later, a bag was covering your head and it felt like two strong guys were holding you and dragging you somewhere. You heard a door slamming open and then closing. You donât know how, but suddenly you were knocked out of consciousness.
Sometime later, that could be moments, that could be minutes, you gained your consciousness back. You heard the crowd cheering very closely. Lights were shining into the cotton bag your head was in. You were wearing something else, something that wasnât your clothes. You felt like you were sitting on something very thick and puffy, which seemed like between your legs as well. Maybe you wore it you thought.
âWe have a surprise for you good folks! Do you remember the baby who couldnât hold it before? Well, Iâm glad to tell you that he is a baby! Our new baby clown! Give it up for the biggest baby of them all!â
Someone grabbed your shoulders, squeezed them, and pressed his head to the bag, and whispered.
âThis is your birthday baby clown, the crowd is cheering for the new baby, make us proud!â
The bag was lifted from your head.
You looked around, shocked.
You sat in the center of the ring, in front of the cheering and going wild crowd. The lights were blinding but you could see you were wearing a comically massive white diaper and big red clown shoes. A bib with the words âbig babyâ was strapped around you by the purple-haired clown. A bonnet hat was strapped around your head by the clown with a big nose. You felt like crying from the humiliation.
âAwwww is baby gonna cry?â the curly clown asked, now not so serious like he was outside, but goofy and cheerful.
He took some kind of blue makeup marker and drew tears on your cheeks.
âGive it up for our crybaby people!â he made the crowd cheer even more.
He took a rolled-up carpet and unrolled it in front of you.
It was a childish carpet like you see in nurseries.
âCrawl around for us baby! Let everyone see your wet diaper you needed!â gesturing you onto the carpet.
From the excitement and the commotion, you didnât even notice you were peeing in your new diaper. Somehow the massive diaper became yellow on the front as you peed.
You looked at the wet and yellow diaper, at the carpet, and the gesturing clown, and the cheering crowd.Â
âAlways, such, a whiny, baby. Folks our baby always wants us to pick him up! But he can crawl, I tell you he can! Cheer for him, tell him to crawl!â the clown thrilled the crowd.
âCrawl! Crawl! Crawl!â
They were cheering for you.
They were cheering for the baby clown.
You were it, you were the show now, give it to them.
Crawl to the carpet.
Crawl to the spotlight baby.
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My conversation with @itsclowntime about clowning got me really inspired to write this short story. If you like clowning or being naughty thinking about it, check out his page.
A side note - I used AI to visualize the story.
I hope it adds to your imagination.
