The Fox, Viscacha, and the Bolivian Shoeshine Boy

The Fox, Viscacha, and the Bolivian Shoeshine Boy

Negotiating for a Shoeshine He was overcharging me. The shoeshine boy had answered, “Tres” – three Bolivianos for my shoeshine and I had bargained down to two Bolivianos. As his blackened hands shined away, his eyes focused downward, his young friend smiled at me and shook his head to indicate, “No” and held up only…