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The kind Swindler

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I walked into the city of  England. The air was thick with the smell of chicken and perfumes. I tugged my cart along watching the people on the streets pass by. "this is where we part Aries, Alexander." they simply gave a look of understanding and took off. I smiled as I threw a pot with a eye holes and a smile drawn on it,over my head.
Morning had just began and it was sunny. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect scene. Aries was off hiring some people to "advertise" for us by offering them nice things. I set up my stand in the middle of the town. It did not take long until Aries arrived.
She acted to be looking around but then drew her attention to our stand. "what do we have here?" she said in a confused tone. It was time to begin "Oh it is simple my lady, in each of these pots there is a great prize. You always win for you always get something. I would explain further but why not try for yourself?"
Aries pretending to be skeptical said "Dare I ask how much this will cost me?" I nodded at a sign that read "All clay pots sold for two loafs of bread " Aries just nodded and ran to the bread stand across from the clay pot stand. She gave the man with the pot over his head the loafs of bread and he gave her the pot.
Aries reached her hand into the pot and found a pure gold necklace. People just stared as she pulled it out and rushed to the stand. It was a endless line of people just waiting to buy these mystery pots. I just smirked under the pot head and shouted "step right up and see what mysteries await you!"
It didn't take long until people began to feel swindled and became angry. I was not treasure or riches they found but rather clumps of dirt in bottles and broken toys. The crowds started to become restless Just then the two men Aries hired earlier walked up to the stand, it was there turn.
The men traded the loafs of bread for the pots. The young lady pulled out a rare bottle of perfume and the man pulled out a pure steel wristwatch. There job was done and there pay as promised was the objects they retrieved form the real pots. The crowds became re interested and swarmed around  this time more furious then before.
The day grew long as the transactions continued until I could no longer  fit bread into his carriage. The streets were filled with empty pots and the trash within them littered the streets. "I have all the bread I can take for today come back tomorrow" mumbles and whining broke out as people stopped buying the bread and departed.
Of course there was no tomorrow once nightfall hit I and my two comrades in crime fled the city as to avoid any repercussions in the morning. We made out like devils as Aries and myself smiled and counted the money, the bread maker had made.
I smiled and said "There so simple, focusing so much on us as a swindle they never expected the bread stand, so Alexander how many loafs of bread did we lose?" he smiled and put up three fingers and pulled out a large pouch of money.
We all grinned as we retreated back to our house. It was out in the middle of the woods, and was a decent sized brick building. On top of the house a man shouted "Hey Alexander, Aries, Brad, What did you bring for the orphans today?" I lifted the cover of the bread as Alexander  flashed the pouch of gold coins.
The doors opened and about twenty small children poured out jumping over all three of us and laughing. "Thank you so much" a few of the small children said. We just smiled at each other at another job well done.  Alexander  said "we made out like bandits and can feed, and cloth all of you for at least two years." I just smiled as the kid's faces lite up.
A short story about a kind swindler and his group
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