My days were really normal, and now I was eight years old, I now knew that part of the city, and the market, as the palm of my hand, because I was de delivery boy, and day by day it was my job to make sure that those vases and pottery arrived safely to the houses of our loyal customers, I was eight, so I was a big boy and couldn’t stay at the store all day hehehe. So, my dad hired an employed, she was the new sales girl, she was well beautiful, small, and thin, her name was Runa, and by the way I forgot to say that she had the most amazing and sweet voice.

Runa was also very kind, she always smiled, and when I passed near her, she messed my hair. But Runa was not only nice to me, also to my dad, she always hugged him, tucked his shirt, and told him to be well on his way again to the worship.

She even prepares some food for us, well only sometimes.

I liked a lot to be a delivery boy, I started discovering new places, and my days always had something new. One of my favorite places to be was the flea market, there were always strange and awesome things there, fill with new people every day, actually once I saw a Dragons horn in there for sale, but it was really expensive.

Well, I’m drifting around, let’s talk about today, today my mission is to go to the fabrics workshop and deliver two big pots to Mrs. Fili, these pots are heavy, but can I tell you a secret, I already know what are they for, Mrs. Fili stores pee on them, its disgusting, but she told me that she uses that on the fabrics.

Because I am so strong and fast, my trip to the fabrics store was very short, so I arrived early, Mrs. Fili pay me 16 new shekels, but I know this is money for the store, so I have to take them back to dad or Runa.

But because I finished early, I decided to take a small stroll through the flea market.

When I arrived at the flea market, the first thing that I saw was a big lion for sale. Waaa, I know I would look so cool riding it, I would be like a hero from a story, and defeat bad guys, hahaha, there while I was still daydreaming, the lion roared, and that wake me up from my dream, making me fell on my but, I felt so stupid, but there on the floor I found two new shekels, hahaha I’m so happy, it’s my lucky day, so I decided to keep looking around, then I found something really fun, a paper gamble, it’s been a while since the last game came. It’s really fun to watch, there are a lot of objects on display, and a vase filled with papers, you pay 20 new shekels for a paper, and you get the thing that matches with the number drawn on your paper, the numbers on the objects are all turned around so no one can cheat. But it’s really fun, the last time a big uncle won a rotten tomato, I laugh so hard that I almost pee myself.

This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.

But not a lot of people want to play today, so the sales man took out a sign that said, “ for the next three people, 12 shekels only, “ woooo, it’s so cheap, I want to play, but I don’t know, it’s scary, all the money that I have is the one that Mrs. Fili gave me.

Then a tall bald man with a golden tunic, and a lot of gold on his fingers and neck walked straight to the store, and pay his 12 shekels, he looked really confident, then he shove his hand into the vase, and took out a paper with the number five, we were all muted, waiting for the result, then the sales man, took the paper from his hand, walked to a near stand, and flipped the number five, it was an antique sword, the sales man, took the sword and gave it to the man, he was really happy, that sword must cost like 500 new shekels.

Then encouraged by the sword that the man won, a lady went to the store, she looked poor, like a not very good merchant, then she shoved her hand into the vase, and quickly took out the paper with the number 156, every one muted themselves again, waiting for the price, and then the salesman flipped the number, it was a cooper urn, it looked really expensive, even more than the sword of the other man, maybe like 1000 shekels or more.

So, I decided myself that if the man and the lady could win, I could also win, but I don’t have any more money that the one from Mrs. Fili, well I though, my dad won’t be mad If I come home with something like the urn or the sword, maybe something made from gold, and I could buy a lion, dam I would look so cool riding a lion back home.

So, I rush to the salesman to pay for my ticket, but a fat man was already in front of me, and this was the last cheap ticket, maybe it wasn’t my day.

But the fat man saw that I was all sad behind him and told me “Go ahead boy, I’ll buy the next one”

Maybe it is my lucky day after all.

I took the money out of my pocket and gave it to the sales man.

Everyone around was cheering “you can do it boy” “get the grand price”

Then I shove mi hand into the vase, I took the first paper that gets close to my hand, and there it was, number 77, the salesman walks away to get my price, and I started daydreaming again, I will be rich, maybe I can ask out my dad to ride with me on my new lion, and travel through the world and eat a lot of candy.

Then the sales man drives me out of my dream with a black rock the size of a melon which he puts in my hand.

All of my dreams were crushed, and I stood there paralyzed, with mi mind in a total chaos, dam my dad is going to nag at me, and I lost 12 shekels. (it’s weird that I didn’t stop to think why didn’t that stone weight as much as it should).

Then a man came behind and pushed me, so I packed away the rock, and ran to the workshop.