Oh he don’t look like much, Birdy, with them cross-eye glasses and orthopedic boots, but I tell you that kid is worth more than his weight in silver dollars. You put that crook-face boy up on a ladder and he can tell you the layout of everything in the room worth a pickled cent. Jewelry, TV, watches… that stuff is all easy. He can spot a wall safe, or a closet strongbox. He can tell you whether the woman of the house is a light sleeper, whether the man has an in-town girl he sees.
Oh yes, Birdy. He’s gold.
I hope Birdy never comes to my neck on the wood! Very interesting character.
Sherlock Holmes in another life if he had grown up differently. Excellent story.
Poor Birdy. Exploited.
And poor those who fall under his gaze. And under the hands of the manipulator who uses everyone to his own advantage.
Oy.
Well done, though!
good stuff, Birdy sounds like quite the catch for a thief
Excellent character description. We know Birdy is perceptive, abnormally so. What we don’t know is how he came under the power of the narrator.
Always users. Good story.
Ronda
Nice. Very nice.
A professional Peeping Tom! Neat take on the prompt.