Paying the fortuneteller instead of buying food
Peter is a ten-year-old boy living with Lutz in the fictional country of Baltese. Peter is an orphan, and he has a younger sister he has never met but hopes to reunite with her one day. When Lutz sends Peter to the market to buy food, ironically, Peter decides to use the money to pay a fortuneteller to tell him his sister's whereabouts. A young boy deciding to divert funds meant for buying food to pay a fortuneteller for a critical assignment is a paradox that stands out in the entire text.
Elephant
The clairvoyant gives Peter the most difficult assignment he has to do to find his sister. According to the fortuneteller, Peter must find an elephant and follow it to lead him to his sister. According to Peter, that is the weirdest assignment ever because he does not know where he will find the elephant. When Peter returns to the market the following day, he sardonically comes across a magician performing, and he orders an elephant to appear. The elephant appears and disappears from the scene, but it leads Peter to the orphanage, where he reunites with his sister, Adele, and they live happily after that.
The sentencing of the magician
The magician happily performs his tricks in the opera house, and his fans are intrigued as usual. Throughout his life, the magician has performed impossible acts that shocked his fans. Ironically, events unfold unusually on this day and land him in prison. While performing, the magician orders an elephant to appear from the roof. Unfortunately, the elephant falls and breaks the noblewoman's legs standing near the magician. The magician is reported to the police and sentenced, which ends his career abruptly.
