If you can guess what I have in my pocket, you can have it. The man said.

He stood there leering like a

jack-o-lantern, waiting for me to answer. I could tell there was something wrong with him y the way he twitched
nervously every few seconds. His eyes were completely yellowed and the irises looked like insects caught in
amer.
!h...like a human head or something" #lease don$t talk to me.
% H!&%' H(%)* +,! %-( .,--(.T /I-* He egan pulling something out of his pocket, ut I was
already running. The man was running after me.
),'$T +,! 0%'T +,!- #-I1("*" .,&( 2(T +,!- #-I1( IT$/ I' &+ #%'T/.
/omeone call the police* I screamed. The street was rimming with people, all straining to not appear
involved. I tripped and fell. The .heshire homeless man was atop me, s3ueeling 4ook and see* He finally
snatched the ulge out of his pockets and set it on my chest. /itting on my chest was a dirty adult diaper.
% H!&%' H(%)* He cackled. T(( H((* ,H &+. 'o it$s a diaper. )o you have any money" His
e5pression was altogether different. 2one was the madness and in it$s place was a deep, earnest interest.
2(T TH%T ,66 &( ',0* I screamed.
+es yes. He put the diaper ack in its pocket. +ou are a nice guy. I$ll tell you what. If you give me 78
dollars I$ll give you what is in my other pocket and I$ll leave you alone.
I groaned, and reached into my ack pocket for my wallet. I handed the man a 78 dollar ill.
(5cellent. Here you go. The man handed me a cheap racelet made of eads. That is my magic
talisman. If you hope for something it will come true and the police can$t do anything aout it. He laughed to
himself and fell off me.