[Content warning: Bullying; Violence between kids; Foul language]


A small and skinny boy ran through the streets, his bare feet pattering on the cobblestones. He slipped in between people, jumped over carts, and turned sharp corners and shot through alleys, and now and then he would look back anxiously.

The three boys were still on his heels. He shot into an alley, but found that the window through which he had wanted to jump was boarded up and he had come to a dead end. He turned to flee, but the three boys had already closed off the entrance and were slowly approaching, shoulder to shoulder. He stepped back and pulled out his slingshot, but realized he had nothing to put in it. "Get back, or my brothers will find you and kill you!" he shouted at his pursuers.