1. Thankfully, their house wasn't taken over by anyone,
2. Every day, brother would try his best to please the village bullies in exchange for some food to bring back and fill his sister's belly.
3. The two of them relied on each other for survival in what should have been a happy home.
4. But how long could they keep up this forced way of living?
5. Finally, one day, brother didn't make it home.
6. It was the little girl who had been waiting in vain for her brother to return that found him carelessly discarded in the straw hut.
7. His hand, already cold and stiff, was still clutching the bread he meant to bring to his little sister.