One day, the two children refrained from stealing or scavanging, instead, they would catch fish! Oh how delightful for the two to experience! "Ax, I'm hangwy... Growl..." said by the demanding Fia, "Alright, alright! Heh, I'm trying, just gotta find some," he lifted up a rock, "bait for the fish.". After searching for numerous rocks, he finally found one, funny how worms are hard to find despite their habitat simply being underground. The two then prepared their fishing rods, and whipped them, though Fia couldn't get it right, so Axel took quite a time to teach her. As they waited, and waited, and waited, Fia's rod finally moved, "Oh! Ooh ooh ooh! I caught one!" she triumphed, "No note yet--!" but Axel quickly grabbed her fishing rod and pulled it, the fish was quite strong so he had a fight with it, Fia tagged along to help him. After what it seems to be minutes, the fish was caught, "And a big one!" "Haha!" the two cheered as they proudly show their freshly caught fish to the unseen audience. They then cooked it and enjoyed their tasty meal, not stolen, not garbage, but fresh as it was caught by their hardwork and patience. Time passed and they caught some new ones, smaller as it is. Though, some fish looked gross so Axel threw them back at the river. Weird, why did some fish we caught looked... weird? But though, Axel shook of the thought. The two then went back home, to their usual alley, where they can sleep safe and sound... with the chirps of cricket... Or so they thought.
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A Piece of Bread
Short StoryLife can be unfair, just like how Axel lived his whole 13 years of life. Poorer than a rat, living on cardboard, searching through garbage, what can possibly be any better or worse than that? WARNING: contains portrayal of abuse
