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was Sarah's improvised description of what her life would be like as an adult when she appeared on screens throughout the country as "a glamorous movie star."
     
    Amy went rushing out of the tent, eager to share the news of her thrilling future with her mother. No sooner was she gone than a teenage girl took her place.
     
    "This is cool!" she said. "Cindy's right, you do look like a Gypsy. What can you read about me in that magic ball?"
     
    Even as the girl spoke, Kyra was filling Sarah in on her.
     
    "Leanne Bush is Cindy Morris's best friend. She dates Bucky Greeves, the captain of the football team, but he's got a crush on one of the other cheerleaders."
     
    It wasn't much to go on, but Sarah did her best.
     
    "I see you with a boy—very strong physically—he's looking at you and smiling, and you're smiling back at him. But his eyes are gazing beyond you."
     
    "That's my boyfriend, Bucky," Leanne said. "You say he's looking past me? What's he looking at?"
     
    "I can't quite see," Sarah said. "She's standing in the shadows."
     
    "It's Debbie!" Leanne exclaimed. "I just bet it's Debbie Rice! What does she look like? Does she have thirty-eight-D boobs?" She didn't pause long enough to get an answer. "It is Debbie, I know it is. I've suspected it all along, but Bucky keeps saying I'm being ridiculous. That two-timing slime ball! He's no better than any of those other jerks! How long has this been going on?"
     
    "I can't see anything now," Sarah told her, a bit startled by the outburst. "The ball has been emptied of visions. Peace be with you, and may the stars in the heavens watch over you."
     
    Leanne left the tent, visibly shaken, and from then on people arrived in a steady stream. No sooner did one leave the tent than another stepped in, and when the flap was pulled back, Sarah could see that there was a long line of prospective clients waiting their turns.
     
    It was evident that people were busily spreading the word about the amazing Madam Zoltanne, because each client seemed to generate others. Bucky Greeves arrived with a chip on his shoulder, announcing that Leanne had sent him.
     
    "She's pissed off at me," he said irritably. "What kind of bull did you feed her?"
     
    "I tell each person what I see in the glass," Sarah informed him. "Nothing more or less." She realized to her amazement that she was actually enjoying herself. With only a few exceptions when she had to wing it because the costume concealed a wearer's identity, she received feed-in from Kyra about everyone who entered the tent. Although she was glad for the information, Sarah couldn't help wondering about someone who knew so much gossip, especially family secrets, such as the fact that Cindy Morris was adopted.
     
    She took Bucky by surprise by revealing her knowledge that when he'd had chicken pox at age five, his mother had sent him to kindergarten anyway and he had infected the whole class; that he would have flunked first-year algebra if the coach hadn't pulled some strings to keep him on the football team; and that he was a heavy-duty pot smoker. She also let drop the name Debbie and watched his face turn crimson. He was immediately on his feet and out of the tent.
     
    As Bucky exited, Kyra's voice said, "The one who's coming in now is our paperboy. His name's Charlie Gorman, but behind his back everybody calls him Lard Ass. He's sort of like the class clown. His mom is a bookkeeper or something, and his dad's a cripple. The guys on the football team found out the combination to his locker and last week they put a dead fish in it."
     
    By this time the boy was in the tent, easing himself into the chair across from Sarah. He was definitely overweight, and his extra chins were nestled one on top of the other like towels in a linen closet. Still, there was something likable about his face, and Sarah immediately decided not to mention die fish.
     
    "I hear you tell great fortunes," the boy said good-naturedly. "So, what do you see for