Page 22 - HP2A 001 Forty Fortunes

at his jar of nuts and took it out

slowly and said that’s two. The chief

and servant were so shocked that

they both tumbled down the roof

and ran off to their hideout. The

frightened chief was so scared that

he sent three more thieves the next

day to spy on the diviner. When the

thief ’s returned they would report

back with the same news. So the

chief sent four, then five, then six.

But as the thief ’s would come back

to report they would only report

the same thing. Then on the fortieth