Flea circus (Czech joke) (Adaptation)

Jaja was the best jumper in the flea circus. He jumped so high it took two days for him to come back. The nights do not count, because nobody can see a flying flea in the dark anyway. He was so famous that a well known scientist decided to examine closely Jaja's skills. The flea circus went on vacation because without Jaja, who was the main attraction, they couldn't perform. First day the scientist ordered: "Jaja jump!" Jaja jumped. The scientist carefully measured the flea's weight, height, counted the number of the legs, their length, and he also measured how high the flea jumped. In the evening he fed Jaja with his blood. Then they both slept. Second day the scientist tore away one of Jaja's leg. Then he measured how high Jaja jumped. The flea jumped almost as high as yesterday.The third day the scientist plucked off another leg. The flea still jumped high. Day after day the scientist continued his experiment and Jaja jumped. The last day, when Jaja lost his last leg, he didn't jump. The scientist, before closing his experiment, wrote down the conclusion: "When the flea loses all its legs, it also loses its hearing. The flea circus temporarily closed down, because everybody went to look for Jaja's replacement. Copyright (c) Marie Neumann Pottsville, 7/6/2010 Edited by Becki White, Reference librarian