The Parisian Scenario

A young clerk from Paris wakes up in his room in a gray pre-dawn hour, when everyone is getting ready to go to work. First, he looks at the calendar: the thirteenth— a bad sign. Then he notices the day of the week: Friday—and even worse. Looking gloomy, he gets out of bed and anxiously realizes he got up on the wrong side—on the left. It seems there’s nothing good to expect from this day…