M=Mom  S=Son

S：Mom, any cage at home？

M：Why do you need it？

S：To place myself in there!

M：Can't  you find something else to play with

S：I  am  not   playing.  I  am  making money from it.

M：Making money

S：Yes,  I passed the street with loads of fortune-tellers.

M：So？

S：I've seen many small caged birds sitting on their tables.

M：Oh, I  see. They  are  typically  Java sparrow trained to step forward and select a piece of paper after the petitioner has thought of a question he or she would like to ask.

S：Bingo!  The  fortune-teller will discuss the prophesy.

M：You  know  Taiwan's Aboriginals  also used a bird-related method of divination？

S：Oh, really! What a coincidence!

M：Yes, they care about the chirp and movements of little birds, especially when hunting.

S：Do you mean the certain sound of the chirp, or the certain direction of their flight？

M：Before they  go hunting, they will go out and throw sticks up into some tree and disturb the bird and see the result.

S：Do you  believe the bird divination,  Mom？

M：It depends. Somebody considered it useful.

S：You  see!  That's the reason why I would like to place myself in the cage. When questioned, I can come out of the cage and pick up the papers.

M：Why don't you just train a bird

S：I don't want to share my money with it......

兒子：媽，家裡有籠子嗎？
媽媽：要籠子做什麼？
兒子：把自己放進去！
媽媽：難道你不能找點別的玩？
兒子：我不是在玩。我是在賺錢。
媽媽：賺錢？
兒子：我剛才經過一條街，街上都是算命師。
媽媽：又怎樣？
兒子：我看到他們桌上有許多小鳥籠，還有鳥。
媽媽：我知道。他們是白文鳥，是訓練選卡片讓那些信徒知道他們要問的。
兒子：算命師就接著討論卡片的含意。
媽媽：你知道台灣的原住民也用鳥卦嗎？
兒子：喔，是嗎！真是巧合！
媽媽：沒錯，他們很在意鳥叫聲和飛行的方向，尤其是在打獵。
兒子：您是說特殊的鳥叫聲，和某種飛行的方向？
媽媽：打獵前，他們會向樹上小鳥丟棍子，看看小鳥有什麼反應。
兒子：媽，您相信卜鳥卦嗎？
媽媽：看情形而定，有人說很有用。
兒子：您看！那就是為什麼我想把自己放在籠子裡的原因。一旦被問到問題，我就可以跳出籠子來選卡片。
媽媽：那你何不訓練一隻鳥？
兒子：因為我想自己賺。