We've got to take care of the animals if we're going to be circus-folks.
If we aspire to join the circus, we must start from being the animals' caretakers in order to get familiar with them. 
mnli hypothesis: If we aspire to join the circus, we must start from being the animals' caretakers in order to get familiar with them.  premise: We've got to take care of the animals if we're going to be circus-folks.