Three Vs One!?

Staring at the little girl before him, the young boy did not know what he had done wrong today.

Every time he pretended to be injured and laid on the ground with blood surrounding him, the passersby would rush towards him in a panic.

This allowed him to rob them and escape into the dense woods that he was all too familiar with.

However, it appeared that today was not his lucky day as the person he had tried to con had not fallen for his trick.

He could hear the sounds of a horse coming towards him but they halted far away and did not move for a while.

When he heard shuffling sounds, he realized that someone must have gotten off the horse to come and help him up.

His heartbeat rose in the excitement that his latest victim was heading towards him but that faded when he heard those sarcastic words.

Mean and ridiculing words soon followed until he could take it no more.