A little bird told me...

This weekend, a group of us ladies went to check out the Alacitas market - a market where people purchase small versions of the things that they would like to have in their lives in the coming year. This can range from mini cars, tools, degrees, money, passport, bank account, food (aka abundance of food for the coming year), a healthy baby, a rooster (for a man to be in their life), a hen (for a woman to be in their life); pretty much anything that you can think of, there is a miniature for it.

The market also hosts a variety of food stalls such as api (a corn-based drink made in a big vat), as well as more of the traditional wares area where pottery from Cochabamba and woolen goods are for sale. There is also an area with games and fair rides for children, roaming clowns, as well as fortune tellers - just like a good old fair.

While we were wandering around the alleys of the market, we came across a man with a birdcage. In it there were two budgies and their specialty was, upon payment of Bs3 (about 50cents), the budgie would choose a folded up piece of paper from a drawer below their cage and would then bless it by kissing it and touching it with its foot.

This is what he choose for me...
Para una senorita.
Las puertas del destino estan abiertas, tu debes elegir con cautela el camino hacia el progreso y bienestar de tus seres queridos.
No derroches el poco dinero que tienes por que le hara falta mas tarde: probablemente en esos meses que bienes te llegara una noticia que tendra esperanze tiene para tus amores.
El hombre es un joven trabajador y de gran porvenir, luego les acompanaras la prosperidad de dia en dia y seras madre ejemplar de varios hijos los mismos que te protegeran tu verez y viviras rodeada por toda tu familia hasta una edad avanzada.
Dentro de pocos meses haras un viaje que te ha de resultar bien en negocios y tendras un buen capital.

Translation:
For a young lady.
Destiny's doors are open and you must cautiously choose the path of progress and well-being of your desires.
Do not squander the little money that you have as you will need it later. Most likely, in the coming months, you will receive word that will give you hope in your love affairs.
The man is a young worker with a great future. Prosperity will follow you both and you will be a exemplary mother to your children who will take care of you in your old age. You will live surrounded by your family well into an advanced age.
In the coming months, you will travel and this will lead to good news in business/work and in capital gains.

P.S. what was interesting is that two of the ladies that I was with also had the bird choose their fortune and for both of them who are mothers, he chose ones that were "para una senora" and that were also different from each other. Quite the sweet little entertainment.