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Chapter 1 - Shanty: House-Boy Job Application

Walked along on the next street to where he lives with his Uncle, a little boy named Shanty looked randomly for attractive houses and he saw one.

He went to the gate and reached for a small space between the gates to look through and see how the house looks on the inside.

"Oops!" he said, "they have big cars."

Then he knocked on the gate, "kon-kon-kon!"

And the owner of the house came out to see who was knocking, she looked around and almost saw nothing until she looked downward and was surprised to see a little boy, putting on an oversized shirt and trousers with ropes instead of belts.

"What do you want young man?", she asked.

Without proper greeting, Shanty put his hands on his waist on both sides, standing affirmatively. He answered, "I want to work as an house-boy."

The madam who was in need of an house-boy but shocked by Shanty's boldness quickly gathered her gaze at the boy and opened the gate for him to come in.

Stepping into the compound for the first time and seeing beautiful cars, he pointed to one of them...

"Madam madam, I want to wash this car." Shanty requested.

Madam looked stunned starring at the boy, as if the drama at the gate earlier wasn't surprising enough.

"Alright!" she said and pointed to another thing he's going to wash...

"Bow-wow!"

"And Dave too, it's greeting you", She said.

"What!" Shanty shouted in fear. "Am I supposed to also wash a dog as an house-boy?"

"Of course, I see you're bold," She said. "Dave also liked bold..."

Before she finished talking, Shanty already returned to the gate walking but watching the dog barking at him... "Woof-woof!"

Madam asked, "are you not..."

Shanty yelled, "please find another house-boy!"

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