“Prejudice 4 I reached Sarah’s turnoff without seeing a sign for Pinkie Sheer Road, so I continued onward, my head swiveling as if I were watching an indolent tennis match. Several unpaved roads disappeared into the woods. I was reluctant to explore any of them, since the last thing on my agenda was a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. I finally saw a yard sale in progress in front of a mobile home and pulled into the driveway. Two women in folding chairs, both with fiercely bleached hair and beer cans in hand, watched me intently as I got out of my car. I acknowledged them with a smile and then studied the array of miscellany on card tables. Having spotted nothing remotely charming, I picked up a chipped saucer with a faintly visible depiction of Old Faithful.
“How much?” I asked as I approached the women.
“Fifty cents,” said one of them.
I took out my wallet and found two quarters. “This must be a souvenir of your trip to Yellowstone.”
“She bought it at a flea market,”
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