Description

Flower Reading.A man is caught in a rain shower on his way from work. He watches a young couple walk down the street, grumbling about how he used to be like them. He wonders when it will stop raining when he sees a girl in a tie-dye shirt doing the "loves me, loves me not" game of plucking flower petals and repeating, "It'll stop, it won't stop." When she plucks the last petal, she concludes that the rain will not stop, and she declares that her fortunes are always correct. The man asks what she is doing out there, but the girl responds that she hopes his wife will be there to pick him up. She then asks if she could read another fortune for him as pulls out another flower. The man tells her she should go home if her parents do not know where she is. She ignores his concern and starts plucking the petals off, saying, "I'll go home, I won't go home." The last petal is plucked, and she tells him she will not go home. She asks for another reading, but the man cannot think of any on the spot. Upon seeing his wedding ring, she says she will just determine if his wife will come or not. She plucks the petals, saying, "She'll come, she won't come." The man finds the whole thing ridiculous but decides to play along just for fun. The last petal is plucked as the girl says "She'll come." The man tells her that will not be possible; however, the girl points behind the man, and to his astonishment he sees a woman in a white dress holding an umbrella. The girl asks what should she read next, but the man tells her she has done enough and thanks her. The girl watches as the couple leaves and says, "Oh, I see. You're dead, you're not dead..." When the last petal comes up with, "You're dead," the girl says, "Goodbye, mister. You won't need anymore fortunes."