The Ste. Foy market still has one vendor who comes each week with live chickens, rabbits, pigeons, ducks, and other fowl to sell. Looking at his stall is like going back 20 years to a time when most French markets had many such vendors. This morning was a perfect image. The vendor's table is set with his bread and wine as this 10 am scene was already mid-day and lunchtime for him. The small boy has a chicken boxed and ready to take home to raise. Ste. Foy will be a poorer place when this man retires and a small boy will not be able to select and buy his first chicken at the market.
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