Rare Lynx Pelt
Originally uploaded by Wordyeti.

…continuing from prior post, this rare lynx pelt was just one of the things that was on display here.

Of course, the sharp salesmen all spotted me for an Amerikanski right away, and their prices quintupled. And then they squared them. Olga, the translator, would blink in shock, and then urge us to keep walking. “That’s a week’s salary for that,” she’d whisper. “I don’t trust that it’s real.”

Unfortunately, this guy looks all too real. His fur was the kind of soft and fluffy that you usually only get on plushy toys.