PORTENTS
If you meet a chair,
That's a good sign, you'll go to heaven.
If you meet a mountain,
That's a bad sign, you'll be put in the chair.
If you meet the Greater Bear,
That's a good sign, you'll go to heaven.
If you meet a snail,
It's a bad sign, you'll be inside the snail.
If you meet a woman,
It's a good sign, you'll go to heaven.
If you meet a tablecloth,
It's a bad sign, you'll end up in the drawer.
If you meet a serpent,
It's a good sign, it'll die and you'll go to heaven.
If the serpent meets you,
It's a bad sign, you'll die and he'll go to heaven.
If you die,
It's a bad sign.
Beware that sign,
And all the others.