The following tale depicts the life of a vulnerable child born into aworld of poverty and despair. The scene is set in a typical overcrowededand run down industrial city. A haven for ranks of the unemployed. A youngand naive couple against all odds, ignore the advice of others andsecretly marry. Ignorance playing a major role in their futile lives,their instincts sadly influenced, she is pregnant with their firstchild, while he searches frantically for a means to support them. As timegrows shorter, and his chances slowly diminish, the pressure bears heavilyon his brittle shoulders. Desperately he battles against his ownweaknesses, trying to find strength within. No-longer can he smile, norwill his conscience give him the freedom to lie or cheat. Exhausted, weakand weary, he can't bear to face her. Passing a backstreet bar, he'seasily enticed inside, while a stranger sensing his vulnerabilty, helps toalleviate him from the responsibilty for the couple's last savings. Dumpedin a drunken heap, and the stranger nowhere to be found, the fatherstruggles to his feet, as the alcohol suppresses his will to fight.
Momentarily he sees a way out. A vantage point high on an empty bridge,peacefully he falls to his death. Frightened of exposing her identity, shegives birth in a darkenend backroom. The innocent child free of pride orprejudice, begins it's long journey discovering life's wonders, andtragically life's many weaknesses.
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