News for the Czech Corner in AATSEEL

[ROBERT MANN]

Miluse, I have some Czech news for you again for the newsletter!
 
Yesterday in the village of Cervony Potok, (already familiar to many readers of the Czech newsletter) Bohdan and Ervin Kurowski were sitting on the steps of City Hall nibbling on sunflower seeds as is their custom when a gypsy moth alighted on Bohdan's hand. They sat there admiring the little gypsy moth dance as the tiny dancer undulated her way to and fro across the assorted veins and freckles. Then she offered to tell Bohdan his fortune for a small fee. He eagerly handed her the only coin he had in his pocket. She whirled about, tapping her heels and toes on the coin, which then disappeared. Lowering her long eyelashes, she explained apologetically that she can only tell fortunes on paper money. Bohdan reached into his grimy pocket again and, much to his chagrin, found only a twenty-dollar bill, as he does not trust Czech, Slovak or Polish money. He reluctantly handed the gypsy moth his twenty-dollar bill. She proceeded to do a little gypsy moth
 dance, swaying her hips this way and that and folding the twenty-dollar bill again and again until it disappeared in her hands. Then she told Bohdan his fortune: "Bohdan," she said, "I'm sorry to tell you this, but you will leave the steps of City Hall today a poorer man than when you arrived." Then she flew away to the gypsy moth camp, where the tiny gypsy moth wagons could already be heard squeaking as the tribe moved on to a new destination. Sure enough, the fortune told by the gypsy moth fortuneteller came true.
  
By the way, if any Newsletter readers have any further, authoritative information about the tall load of hay that passed through Cervony Potok some time ago, please notify the editors ASAP!
 
There must be a lesson in this somewhere... 
Bob Mann



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 From: Mila Saskova-Pierce <msaskova-pierce1 at UNL.EDU>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU 
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 1:13 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] News for the Czech Corner in AATSEEL
 

 
 
If you have any Czech news, let me know ASAP.  Mila
 
Dr. Mila Saskova-Pierce
Other Languages Section Head
Department of Modern Languages
1219 Oldfather Hall
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
NE 68588-0315

e-mail:  msaskova-pierce1 at unl.edu

Tel:  (402) 472 1336
Fax: (402) 472 0327
 
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