Robinson Park had now become a place of merriment.
Three circuses had set up camp there, with the famed Zatara Circus in the center.
Lions and tigers prowled inside iron cages, while muscular strongmen stood bare-chested by the roadside, tearing frying pans apart with their bare hands.
Vendors selling cotton candy, hot dogs, popcorn, and ice cream stood at their stalls on both sides, preparing food for the visitors.
Though snow still covered some areas, the atmosphere here was lively. Many parents had brought their children to play and catch a circus performance to relax.
"Look, Smallville boy, that's an elephant!"
Lois, who had been assigned an interview by the Daily Planet, happily pointed at an elephant inside the circus's fenced tent. It had stretched out its long trunk to steal bananas from a fruit stand by the road.
Clark, the sunny young man beside her, immediately picked up the camera hanging around his neck and snapped two photos of the elephant.
"There, a genuine thief."
Watching the elephant roll up a bunch of bananas, quietly close the tent fence, then lie down casually and secretly eat them, Lois could not help but laugh.
Wearing glasses, Clark secretly watched Lois smile, and a happy expression appeared on his own face as well.
When they had taken the ferry that morning, Lois had looked as miserable as though she were on her period, displeased by everything she saw.
There was no other reason. Today was the day Lex Luthor, president of LexCorp, would be released after his trial.
Lois had planned to shove a microphone in that robber's face and ask what exactly he had been thinking when he decided to rob a bank, and why he had been spreading claims in prison about Superman being a threat.
But just as