Chapter 16 Something I Want

“So, what’s your name?” the young man asked.

“Malachi,” he replied, his head still looking down.

The young man noticed his nervousness and chuckled. “My name is Jett Welles. This here is Sansum. He is 6 years old. What about you? How old are you?”

“I am 8 years old.”

“Hoo, just a few years and you’ll be an adult like me.” Jett smiled and ruffled on Malachi’s head as if he was his little brother.

“Do you like hunting?” Sansum asked.

“Hunting?”

“Hunting animals,” Sansum continued. “Jett is teaching me how to hunt animals so we can feed ourselves, but most importantly, so we can feed others. Everyone else already knows how to hunt except me.”

“That’s because you’re the youngest,” Jett said. “You’ll learn sooner or later.”

“Yeah, but everyone is making fun of me, especially because of my thin body.”

“You’ll get over it. I am as thin as you. Besides, if you can hunt, you can eat more and get big. Oh, look, we have arrived.”

Nestled deep within the heart of a dense and ancient forest, the
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