"I'll be going out now don't forget to be careful of strangers. Flick I leave the place in your control. I don't want to see anyone gone when I come back, okay? Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick, Quee I'll be going!"
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"Don't worry big brother I'll take care of it." After answering and seeing my big brother, Blick, off I turn around and look at my little brothers. "Well then! Let's get to work!" With those words we scatter and start doing what we each need to do.
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We live in a slum. Not long after my youngest brother Quee was born our parents died because of an accident and the slum is where me and my other 6 siblings end up. Life is hard here, it's a secret to my other 5 younger brothers but my big brother has to be a thief in order to keep us alive, but at least we're together, all 7 of us.
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"Flick have you heard of the kidnapping that happened recently?" Snick asks me after a while. "I have but it's nothing new, so I didn't really mind it." I answered. "As long as you are aware of it, we ought to be careful as well." Snick replied and went back to do what he was doing.
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"It's time for food!" I called out for my little brothers a few hours later as food is ready. "What's do we have?" Whick asked as he comes over. "1 piece of bread per person." I answered. Hearing my answer, a bright smile appears on Whick's face. It can't be helped. It's been 2 weeks since we got to eat something other than soup that had no taste. Soon only 1 piece of bread is left on the table but the owner of it didn't show up. "Where's Quee?" I ask as I look around, there's no sign of my youngest brother anywhere. No one answered, no one knows where he is. Snick's words of the recent kidnapping appeared in my head, cold sweats flow through my forehead and before I knew it I ran out looking for him.
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I promised my big brother I will take care of them, I promised. I ran looking for the figure of my little brother. At the street? No, he's not there. The fountain? No, he's not there. At the laundry? No, he's not there. Finally, I found him at the back of the house. Relief flows through my whole body, and I run up hugging him. "Flick, Flick look what I found!" Hearing Quee's words I finally saw what's next to him. It's a young woman in her early 20s. She has scratches all over her body and she seems to be unconscious due to tiredness. "Let's go back." Holding Quee's hand I decided to go back, ignoring the woman. "Quee, we need to go." Quee isn't moving, he can't leave the woman behind and insists we help her. I told him that we are poor, and we can't afford to help her, but he just won't budge and insists we help her or he won't move. I have no choice, so we brought the woman home.
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At the time when the sky is pitch black, I sit at the table alone, waiting for our big brothers to return. Everyone else went to sleep already, and we put the woman into my bed so she can get some rest. "When will you be back, Blick…." Murmuring those words, I silently fall into slumber.
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