<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWakati huo, wakati wa maonyesho ya circus, Shelly na Jeff walijaribu kumsamehe babu kwa sababu ya adhabu yake.  <response>: And the time hed run off to see the circus come into town, he and Shelly ... Cousin Jeff, Cousin Merry, they had tried to beg him off from Grandfathers punishment that time, not that they had succeeded. 