includes an elongate tubular ejector tube 15 that is slidably engaged about the rear portion of the shaft and that is shiftable forwardly into and through the annulus 14 to engage and eject the spirally wound strip from within the case and from about the shaft the spirally wound fortune strip can be transferred directly from within the tool t into a related flower bud the tool is shown as it might appear if the case 10 and tube 15 were molded of a transparent plastic material alternatively strips s can be ejected from the tool t directly into elongate open ended cylindrical fortune strip cartridge in which a plurality of strips can be stored in end to end relationship and from which they can be ejected one at a time by means of an ejector rod or plunger shiftably engaged within the cartridge in fig8 of the drawings i have shown a tool m with an elongate cartridge tube 20 in which one or more spirally wound strips s can be engaged and carried in end to end relationship the cartridge tube 20 of the tool m has an open front end into and from which the strips can be entered and ejected and has a finger engaging flange 21 at its rear end an elongate plunger 22 with a thumb engaging pad 23 that is slidably entered in the rear end of the cartridge and manually shiftable therein to eject the strips s from within the cartridge it is to be noted that the tools t and m work to hold the spirally wound fortune strips s in tight wound condition until the strips are.