Mrs. Klinker packed up what little clothing the girls had into three tattered suitcases. Tears flowed down her leathered cheeks. They flowed onto the collar of her worn-out dress. They flowed into the artichoke casserole she made for dinner. And the sisters cried with her. They had never been away from home, not even for an overnight trip to grandma's. They had never been around carnival people. Farm life and each other was the only life they knew. On Tuesday, October 3, Penelope, Simone, and Imogen walked into town with their almost aunt Winifred . Winifred was a very close friend of the Klinker family. Penelope refered to Winifred as their almost aunt because technically she was not related to the Klinkers. She had grown up on the asparagus