Merchant of Oddities

The Middle Ages in Fazione were a terrible and dark time, in a city near a dark forest lived a young man, His name was Andrew Kihn, he became an orphan several years ago when his mother was accused of witchcraft and burned,
he lived in a small house on the edge of the forest and bred ducks,
One day he went to the fair that was held once a month, and passing countless stalls, he noticed one, next to it there was a sign "the poor who enter will see wonderful creatures, and the rich can take one home." The young man became very interested, and entering a spacious stall in which it was quite dark, but enough light to see small cages with... people inside? Not at all, these were completely different creatures, elongated ears, animal fur, this is only a small part of what can be quickly seen on them, but Andy did not have time to be stunned, a short, half-bald, nasty-smiling old man approached him, obviously a merchant