Show buying a good fortune four little green ads sat on a cage fronted with a tray the tray held folded slips of paper A man carried the whole he strolled east in grand street near mulberry A woman swarthy of complexion and with a shawl drawn around her head and shoulders looked at the birds and hesitated in her walk the man keen to notice any indication of trade saw her hesitancy fortune ladya he asked the woman stopped and parsed a coin to his hand he lifted a bird from its perch and placed it on the edge 0 the tray the bird picked up a folded slip of paper the man took the paper and handed it to the woman the woman opened it read smiled and passed on the man nodded approve angly gave her a good fortune did youa asked a man standing by sure said the man with the birds all the fortunes are good birds tell no bad fortunes then he smiled wisely new york press |