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Wack. Wack. Wack. Thud.

A piece of wood which had been chopped by Zayn fell to the ground.

"Wack. Wack. Wack.

"Saif!"

Zayn stopped chopping the wood and looked off towards the house behind him. A bald white man was in the doorway. "Sir?!"

"You should take a break! Come inside! I've got refreshments!"

"Yes sir!"

Immediately, Zayn dropped his axe and then took off his gloves. Then he made his way up to the high dollar home. When he went inside, the man was in the kitchen putting a plate of something very delicious looking in front of him.

"Looks and smells good. What is it?"

"Pumpkin snickerdoodles."

Zayn went to reach out for one of them but the man popped his hand before he could.

"Ouch. What did I do?"

"Wash your hands first."

Zayn narrowed his eyes at him and rubbed the hand that had been popped. But said nothing about being hit. "Fine."

After washing his hands at the kitchen sink, he returned to the counter where he grabbed one of the pumpkin snickerdoodles. As soon as it touched his taste buds, he melted. It was so delicious.

"Mmm. This is so good, Mr. Nash."

"I'm so glad you like it. If you want, you can take some home. A working boy like you needs something to keep his energy up."

"Really?"

"Of course." He went over to a drawer, opened it, and plucked a storage bag from a box.

"Here. Put some in here when you've finished. Make sure there's a few in there for your mother."

"I will. But for now I'm gonna finish the wood."

He shoved the last of the snickerdoodle in his mouth and started to rush outside again.

"Saif!"

Zayn stopped and faced him. "Yes?"

"You've been doing things for me all day. When you finish that tree stump, go home."

"Are you sure? I could finish the others. It's really no problem at all."

But Mr. Nash waved a hand at him. "I'm sure."

"Should I come back tomorow?"

"No. You know you never work two days in a row for me. All that is not finished, will be finished another day. Maybe next weekend."

Zayn sighed. "Alright. I'll be back next week then."

When Mr. Nash turned away, Zayn huffed quietly and went outside again. He returned to chopping the tree stump and angrily mumbled himself.

"You think I'm a fool."

Wack.

"But I know who you really are."

Wack.

"And don't worry..."

Wack.

"Soon you'll know I know who you really are."

Wack. Thud.

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"Don't forget, you do have homework. And it must be done. See you later, boys and girls."