A Piece of Bread

CHAPTER 1 - Street Rat

In an alley in the suburbs, there was a young boy, who wished to live with a family, who wished to eat normal food, who wished to live like a normal boy. Axel, a street rat boy who stole food from food booths, markets and the trash of restaurants. "Hey you street rat! Come back here!" the owner shouted as he tried to chase Axel, he was caught rummaging through the garbage. He ran and ran till he came to an alley, he peaked behind a wall viewing the main road, he saw no man chasing him. "Finally..." he shakily rejoiced with obvious exhaustion. He ate the trash of food in his bag that he stole, "Man am I so in a feast today!" he exclaimed with great joy, he cannot raise his hand though, even if he wanted to, as he was too exhausted and hungry to do so. He came to a feast, a bag full of chicken bones, left over bread, beans, and some pork and ham. He saved for dinner of course, he knows how harsh the people can be. He tried to beg for food to them in his younger years, but borne empty handed. So he realized he must scavenge and steal for food, that's how life works, he guesses. "Life can be unfair to people for some reason." Axel voiced as he munched through eaten chicken wings. This is how his life is, normally. He lives like this, normally. He can go on like this, he can, "I can, because... its normal... for me."