I walked over to my father and asked him "Father, what did that man want?" He looked at me "It's not important Amon," he said. Then I looked at him for a few seconds "Father, I heard what happened, why do you let that man take from us?" I asked, I didn't understand yet that the man had a power that no one in my family possessed, firebending.
This caused my father to sigh as he said "Amon, we need to sit and talk." I nodded as my father yelled to Elan "Elan! Take a break!" Elan smiled and nodded as he ran in the house, I liked this because I didn't think my brother even needed to be on the farm, at that age he wasn't much help anyway. Once my brother had entered the house, he probably told mom what happened, me and my father walked towards the house and sat on the porch to discuss what had just happened.
My father looked at me, his covered in defeat, after a long silence he began to speak "Amon, that man you saw, he is a firebender. You know what that means, right?" I nodded, of course I knew what a firebender was, most of my classmates were firebenders, most of the people I walked by on the street everyday were firebenders, but I didn't understand why this meant my father was giving this man money for nothing, money that my family needed in order to survive.
He began to explain the man to me more "He is not a nice man Amon, he threatens our farm, our home and our livelihood with his fire, you know that we are not firebenders, so how can I stand up to him?" As my father spoke these words, I saw the greatest look of defeat, even more than the one he had before, take over his face, it was at this very moment that I knew, bending is evil.
I looked at my father "Father, we can stop him together," I told him. "No!" He exclaimed at me, with a serious and stern tone. "I am not going to put you in danger," he said. "But father, we are in danger by giving this man our hard earned money, money we need to survive, we're barely making it father." I protested. My father sighed, because he knew I was right, but he still refused to let me help, I understand why, now.
My father got up and went inside, and I followed behind him "Wait father!" I exclaimed, I didn't know what else to say, but I refused to take no for an answer, I just wanted to help, in anyway that I could. That was my job. Right? My father stopped and looked at me "Amon, I am not going to put you, Elan and your mother in danger over this!" Now he was actually yelling, I had made him mad, I understand why, but I just wanted to help.
I didn't want to do all the work that I did to be poor, but even more then that, I didn't want to have to watch my father do all the work he did for us all, just to barely be able to afford food for us. My father was not going to hear any of it, and I knew that. He told me to go up to my room and that I was done work for the day, and that very day, in my room, was when I decided I would take things into my own hands. That is the worst decision I have ever made.
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