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Her parents told her that she was born to be a beggar like them, and she would not listen

Christina, at seven years old, had only known destitution and had never felt what it was like to have a roof to sleep under, nor a place to call home. She went to and fro with her parents, who were doing their best not to go too hungry and who had long since given up and were no more longer looking for something better. They, however, had come to know what it was like to live without necessities.

Their current situation was the product of many bad decisions, but it had been their belief that they could achieve everything with their very little effort that had left them at that point where they had resigned themselves to the situation in which they lived and had fully adapted to it. However, the problem was not with them, because, after all, they seemed to be at ease. Read the full story here ▶