Chapter 3
I woke with a start, but then grew excited, because seeing those memories always meant something good, like the night someone spoke to me, danced with me, saw me! The very day after seeing those memories is always something to look forward to. As I scurried into my only good set of clothes, I thought about one thing that had always bothered me, ever since I had first seen those memories.
Why hasn't my uncle ever bothered to come for me? I know that he receives custody of me if my immediate family dies, but he never came. Why?! As I thought I headed out of my "home" with everything I owned in my ragged knapsack. I, of course, was not stupid enough to leave anything anywhere, thus I always kept everything with me. I headed to town planning on getting a new bag at a second hand store, a department store if absolutely necessary. I need a new bag more than I need food or water; well actually this town had many fountains for the children so I usually got all of my water from one of those.
I knew that I would not be able to eat for another month or so, due to lack of money, but I have gone longer without food, heck I have gone a whole year without food, so I would probably just end up sick, since I last ate two months ago and vomited nearly all of it back up. The bag on the other hand was falling apart and I needed a new one soon. I entered the only second hand store in town and "asked" someone where they kept their bags.
An employee showed me where the bags were and kindly asked me what kind of bag I wanted, I "replied", "I want something strong and durable, but light and not bulky." She rummaged through the bags until she found one that was perfect and almost new. I looked at her momentarily shocked, before she said, "a local department store accidentally over stocked so they gave us a large amount to sell. Your lucky, this seems to be the lest one."
We headed over to the counter where I promptly paid for it, and found out that I had enough to buy a new set of clothes that I had seen and liked. I suddenly put up a hand asking her to wait before quickly going and grabbing the shirt and pair of pants that I had seen and bringing them back to the counter. She rung everything up and I found that I still had a large, at least to me, sum of money left over. I happily took the clothes and placed them at the bottom on my new bag, bounced over to a chair, and proceeded to transfer everything from my old bag to my new one.