<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKwa wakati huo, circus ilionekana kwake kama mbadala wa kawaida na wa hali ya chini kwa utukufu wa elimu ya nyota, na alijiuliza ni kwa nini alikuwa amejikuta katika mpango wa Red wa kipumbavu.  <response>: At the moment, the circus appeared to him a rather tawdry and shoddy substitute for the glories of astronomy, and he wondered how he had come to fall in with Reds silly scheme. 