The attics go down the street at the sale

For a weekend, occasional vendors and street vendors occupied the streets of Vierville. Tourists and residents left the sand for a moment to browse the stalls of the sale, between Top 50 music and the smells of sausages. Old attic things, clothes, dishes or pre-war newspapers attracted bargainers. Even just coming to watch, many left with their arms loaded.

The sellers appreciated the opportunity to store and dispose of unused items. Alban and Adèle's mother explained that finding the same objects every year during storage ended up showing that it was no longer necessary to keep them.

Adèle, ten years old, sorted her toys herself to sell those she no longer needed. His brother Alban, who came to accompany him, preferred to keep everything; their mother joked about his often incomplete games when he stopped playing them.

The sale also provided a little money: reselling five books to buy another could be worth it. François and Laure had thus emptied their aunt's attic to make pocket money. A photograph showed an old pram, humorously presented as dating from the time of Napoleon.

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