"Come on, Tobi, why aren't you jumping? Are you a scaredy cat?" one of the boys said, nudging Tobi forward.
Tobi staggered on his short legs and almost fell, but he quickly stabilized himself.
Darius Inde was furious seeing this, but he kept quiet because his brother just wanted to get some apples.
He wouldn't come out and cause trouble for the little kid.
Tobi looked up at the tall, dense fence, several meters taller than him, then glanced back at the group of boys urging him forward.
Tobi smiled inside. He knew exactly what these boys were doing.
They were bullying him—he could tell from the way they looked at him and the tone they used to speak to him.
But he didn't care about all that. He wanted his apple. He needed to see if what those boys said was true… He wouldn't gain anything if he didn't work for it.
His mommy had always preached that in life, you can't easily get what you want if you don't work hard for it.