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Stealing from an old man (#wizard/robber2015writingcontest)

Mark Wilson is a very nice man. He is the husband of his wonderful wife, Linda Wilson. He is also the dad of an adorable little three years old girl, Rosie Wilson (who looks just like her mother: blond hair and big blue eyes), and of such a cute nine years old boy, Tommy Wilson (who looks just like his father: curly brown hair and brown eyes). This little family is the owner of three dogs and a cat.

They all live a very happy life, the only problem is the money. They have never been very rich, but now that Linda can't work anymore because of a broken leg and a very bad illness, Mark is the only one who can work. It's been like that for six months.

Everyday, Mark goes to work. He cleans the floor in a supermarket. He gets just enough money to buy bread for breakfast and a few vegetables or fruits for dinner. They never have lunch. When he is lucky, he finds little coins on the floor and after a few days of collecting them, he can buy chicken instead of the vegetables. The food is shared fairly, everyone gets the same amount of it. The dogs and the cat find their food on their own in the streets, they search in the garbage for leftovers, except if Mark brings some chicken back, then they can get the bones when the family has finished to eat.

This Sunday morning, just like every other day, Mark has to wake up and go to work. The supermarket opens at 9:00 am and he has to be there as soon as it opens.

Mark opened his eyes and saw everything that was happening in his house because there is only one room in it. One single room that is the parents' bedroom, the kids' bedroom, the living room, the kitchen and the laundry. (Mark had built their house with whatever he could find, on an abandoned land not very far from the center of the city. The owner of the land knows how less money the family has, so he doesn't complain about them staying there.)

He saw his son already having a bath in the little bucket that they use to wash themselves and to wash their clothes. The children don't go to school, they stay at home with their mum.

-Oh! Hi Tommy! You are already awake? Mark asked his son.

-Yeah! I want to go to work too! So we'll have more money and we'll be able to buy more food for everyone!

Mark patted Tommy's head and answered:

-But you can't work yet... You are too young!

-No I am not! I'm already nine! I'm not useful at home, I have to go to work with you.

Mark laughed.

-You're very useful at home! Who would take care care of mum and Rosie if you didn't?

Tommy looked to the mattresses on the floor where his mum and sister were still asleep. He went closer to them then smiled.

-Yeah... True...

Mark walked to the door and said:

-See you later!

-We don't get any breakfast today? Tommy asked.

-No, but don't worry, you'll have a big dinner tonight.

Mark had actually decided not to go to work today. His family and himself could not survive much longer like this. Today, Mark hated the thought of it but he was going to steal. He would get into a house and steal whatever he could find in their fridge.

Mark had already found his victim. An old man always singing weird songs in his old house. One day, he came out shouting that the end would come soon, he went to everyone and told them that they would die a horrible death. Since that day, no one really goes near his house, people think that he is crazy and he could come out to kill everyone at any time.

But crazy or not, that man had food, Mark was sure about it.

He went out in the streets. He started walking to the old man's house. On his way there, people were all walking with their heads down. Guess what they were looking at? Mark sighed. People were wasting their money on very expensive phones and tablets and IPods and headphones while he didn't even have enough money to feed his own family...