The Dream

"Ma'am do you want to trade?" A small boy with unkempt black hair came in front of a young Olivia.

"Oh? What would that be?" She asked, looking at her surroundings and making sure that it wasn't a trap. The slums always exploited children after all. In any an all things that they could think off.

"It's a bucket of worms. I picked it up the whole day and put them together. They're still alive and highly nutritious." Olivia examined the child's hands. The nails were long and dirty and so were the hands in general. The boy himself was filled with dirt and, had signs of having been beaten up.

Sadly however, she didn't know of any way to help the child. Yet, as if from pity, she still asked him.

"What do you want in return?"

The boy's face brightened up immediately. He pointed at the basket of the woman filled with some harvest.

"I want half of your bread. Considering the protein you can gain from the worms, I think it's a fair trade."