[ It's probably the latter and poor sign making. Maybe they'll be able to afford a new one from the festival sales. ]

I don't know... it sounds like they'd be more likely to get angry customers than adventurous ones. What if there's nothing they actually want, and they waited all that time for nothing?

[ But Ivan peers as hard as he can to read the small text. One line has "Japanese sweet potatoes." ]

They have it!