The Hundred-Year Flood

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Before his father came and flew him back to Massachusetts General Hospital in September of 2002, these are the things Tee learned in Prague:

If someone sneezes while you’re talking, what you’re saying is true.

If your nose is soft, you’re lying.

If you cut an apple in half and see a star, it’s good luck. If not, it’s bad.

If you step in shit, it’s good luck.

If you pour molten lead into water, you can tell the future from the form it makes.

If your hand itches, you’ll get into a fight.

If your nose itches, you’ll get beaten up.

If you pour something and it overflows, someone you know will get pregnant.

If you lift your feet for someone to sweep under them, you’ll never marry.

“To cry at the wrong grave” means “to bark up the wrong tree.”

Often the legends of Prague have to do with selling one’s soul to the devil.

Half of Prague will be destroyed by fire, half by water.

When the Czech Republic is in its most desperate hour of need, a sleeping army under the hill Blaník will awaken and defeat its enemies.