Method of operating a talking crystal ball toy

A method of operating a child's fortune telling toy comprising the steps of supporting a glass sphere on a base to simulated a known fortune teller's display, embodying said fortune teller's display with an electrical circuit having an operating mode of alternately illuminating said glass sphere and emitting a simulated voice message, establishing two open electrical contacts for said electrical circuit each on an opposite side of said glass sphere adapted when contacted and released by a user of the toy to provide said operating mode of said electrical circuit, contacting simultaneously said two electrical contacts so as to electrically complete said electrical circuit to illuminate said glass sphere and to provide a dwell interval in the operation of said toy during which a question is posed for response to said toy, and releasing said electrical contacts to allow the completion of said electrical circuit operating mode so as to provide the emitting of a simulated voice message, whereby said voice message is perceived as the response to the posed question to contribute to the play value of said toy.