The Fortune Teller | Madrid, March 1419

Little Lamb

Who are these strange creatures

Little Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee William Blake

What strange creatures do I see? They look at us, look at me. They are noisy, very loud. They push and shove in a crowd. No soft white coats, warm to touch, I don’t like them very much. Mother says don’t move, stay close. What they might do, no one knows. Soon, we will leave for our home, To play and eat, never roam.

I was in Madrid in the spring of 1419. I had left my troupe after Carnivale to rest through the season of Lent.

The trashumancia passed through, heading for the higher elevations of the summer pastures.

There were a few early spring lambs with them, bold youngsters who seemed apprehensive, accustomed to only their herders and worried at the sight of noisy crowds, but still curious about everything.

Francisca

This is a fortune teller named Francisca living in Madrid, Spain, in AD 1419. A combination of a curse and her own powers has allowed her to live many centuries and travel all over the world.

She is known as Penelope in New Orleans in the twenty-first century, where she meets a fearsome creature.