As she walked north in the forest a caravan was coming south, she noticed them and couldn't get out-of-the-way in time, and a man in a white horse saw her
"heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey girl! Come here, are you lost?"
She thought of running of that man, but she was too weak, she didn't care about it anymore "I am fated to death here" she though.
The man dismounted his horse "are you lost? No girl should wander in a forest all alone"
She didn't face the man; she was scared her eyes frightened him too
The man took her chin and lifted her chin up, and then he gasped. "those eyes" But that man didn't look scared or hostile, he smiled sweetly and spoke in a loud voice " Father, you got to check this out! "
A strange figure approached her with the face covered in bandages, only one eye could look at her, he appeared to have both of his legs missing as was bound to a wheelchair, he looked at the child, a smirk formed in his face.
"Well Joker, what have you found today..Tell me girl, do you live nearby?"
The girl didn't answer
" Are you lost?" asked the man , she moved her face left and right slowly
" You are not lost? Where are your mother and father" asked the man, but the girl only moved her head negatively
" No mom or dad? Anybody taking care of you?", she again negated with her head
She must be one of those war orphans father, or maybe her parents felt to the pest.
"Is that so? Are you an orphan?" Asked the man
"Am i...an orphan?" Asked the girl to herself. She didn't know if she had family, if they died, or they could be looking for her. She stood silent.
"Well then this is most fortunate, I am the master of this circus, you may call me Father "said the man smiling mischievously
"Welcome to Noah's Ark circus darling"
The girl didn't answer
"Would you tell me your name?"
The child opened her mouth but stopped, she doesn't remember a name, and neither could she talk. She moved her lips "I don't know" but nothing was heard
"What's that?" said the man
In that moment the young man standing next to Father looked at her torn dress, focused on the neck and hidden between the clothes and saw a pink scar across the gaps of clothes
"May I? " asked the young man to the girl
She said nothing and looked down
The man unbuttoned the first 2 buttons on the neck and his eyes for a moment showed pity.
"Father, this girl is mute"
The man sighed, then smirked "this is just perfect, we now have a new attraction"
The young man took the girl by her hand and placed her in one of the carriages. The girl refused, but she was too weak to do anything about it, as they went, she wondered if she had better been dead back in the hospital.
She felt sleep in the carriage; she didn't noticed when a young lady picked her up and placed her in a dress-room.