Find the Lady
By Drew Coles
The cards jumped and fluttered as they were shuffled in my hands. The sound was music to my ears. “Come on people,” I shouted, falling into the old routine, “step right up and take a chance. Find Lady Luck and you win.” The crowd continued to thunder past me in its steady stream. I wasn't deterred. There's a sucker born every minute.
A little kid carrying a huge stuffed bear walked up to me. “ Can I play?” he asked.I don't discriminate. Everyone's money is worth the same to me.
“Double or nothing kiddo, we start at a dollar.” A crumpled bill appeared on the table. Three cards appeared next to it.
“Find the lady.” The boy stared for a moment and flipped a card. There was a lady in a black and red pattern dress wearing a knowing smile on the other side. My own dollar appeared on the table.
“Again?” The boy nodded.
The cards made their music and three reappeared on the table. “Find the lady.”The boy picked the middle one taking less time than before. I threw down two more dollars. “You're lucky kid. Wanna go again?”I had to take it easy now. Here was the pivotal point. I put down the three, letting my hands linger just a moment too long. “You know what to do.” The boy didn't let me down and I added four bucks to the pile. “That's quite a lot of money you got there bud.”The boy said nothing. He only placed a twenty dollar bill into the pot. The kid fell for the hook. It gets everybody. Now I just had to bring the money home.
I threw out my best trick against the boy, shuffling for a solid minute.“ It's the middle one.” He didn't even pause to think. The card flipped and there was the lady with her smile.
“Look here kid,” I placed my cash and began to shuffle again, “I don't know how you did tha-”
“Uh oh, there's my momma. I gotta go. Thanks for the game mister.” The boy grabbed the money, picked up his giant stuffed bear and ran off toward a woman in a red and black dress. He excitedly showed her his bear and the money. The woman started laughing and took the money from her son placing it in a purse. Then she suddenly looked directly into my eyes and smiled. That smile was eerily familiar.
There's a sucker born every minute.
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I'm a new unpublished writer looking for a way to enter the market. I'm 19 year old student of Radio and Television at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana.
By Drew Coles
The cards jumped and fluttered as they were shuffled in my hands. The sound was music to my ears. “Come on people,” I shouted, falling into the old routine, “step right up and take a chance. Find Lady Luck and you win.” The crowd continued to thunder past me in its steady stream. I wasn't deterred. There's a sucker born every minute.
A little kid carrying a huge stuffed bear walked up to me. “ Can I play?” he asked.I don't discriminate. Everyone's money is worth the same to me.
“Double or nothing kiddo, we start at a dollar.” A crumpled bill appeared on the table. Three cards appeared next to it.
“Find the lady.” The boy stared for a moment and flipped a card. There was a lady in a black and red pattern dress wearing a knowing smile on the other side. My own dollar appeared on the table.
“Again?” The boy nodded.
The cards made their music and three reappeared on the table. “Find the lady.”The boy picked the middle one taking less time than before. I threw down two more dollars. “You're lucky kid. Wanna go again?”I had to take it easy now. Here was the pivotal point. I put down the three, letting my hands linger just a moment too long. “You know what to do.” The boy didn't let me down and I added four bucks to the pile. “That's quite a lot of money you got there bud.”The boy said nothing. He only placed a twenty dollar bill into the pot. The kid fell for the hook. It gets everybody. Now I just had to bring the money home.
I threw out my best trick against the boy, shuffling for a solid minute.“ It's the middle one.” He didn't even pause to think. The card flipped and there was the lady with her smile.
“Look here kid,” I placed my cash and began to shuffle again, “I don't know how you did tha-”
“Uh oh, there's my momma. I gotta go. Thanks for the game mister.” The boy grabbed the money, picked up his giant stuffed bear and ran off toward a woman in a red and black dress. He excitedly showed her his bear and the money. The woman started laughing and took the money from her son placing it in a purse. Then she suddenly looked directly into my eyes and smiled. That smile was eerily familiar.
There's a sucker born every minute.
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I'm a new unpublished writer looking for a way to enter the market. I'm 19 year old student of Radio and Television at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana.
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This is damn good. Im sure we'll see more of you, Drew. Good luck.