"The Crystal Ball", a childhood memory by Michael Henrik Wynn

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00:00Now, on HistoryRadio.org, Michael Henrik Wynne recalls one of his childhood memories.

00:09The Crystal Bowl by Michael Henrik Wynne

00:30I was walking about the town square when I was ten.

00:49Suddenly, I noticed somebody had parked a camper at the far end.

00:53Outside, a group of dark-skinned gypsies in colourful garments stood vigil.

00:57As I approached, a middle-aged woman in a fluttering red silk costume waved me inside.

01:04I was curious, and when I entered, I noticed a crystal ball on the table.

01:09She then bid me take a seat and stretch out my hand.

01:13After she had examined it intensely from the many angles in the scarce light,

01:18tracing each furrow such as I had then,

01:21she fixed her deep brown eyes at me and said,

01:24You are not going to live long.

01:27And you are not going to have a short life.

01:31You are going to meet a very beautiful woman.

01:35And you are not going to have many children, but neither very few.

01:40In the next moment, she let my hand slip like a stone from her cold grasp.

01:45She stood up, and as a rank, lean body hovered over me,

01:49the wise and mysterious fortune-teller declared.

01:53That will be one dollar, please.

01:56That will be one dollar, please.

02:26You have just heard, A Childhood Memory, by Michael Henrik-Win.

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