The lonely beggar Fábia, after spending the night sleeping on a sidewalk, woke up and stayed there, observing the people passing by from afar. Curiously, she neither begged for alms nor spoke anything, only observed the people.
Fábia was pensive, as she remembered her family, when she lived in a simple little house with her parents and siblings. Since leaving home as a young girl, she has never lived under a roof again. Fábia has been sleeping on the streets for over thirty years.
Curiously, even though she is 46 years old today, she looks like a teenager, which is even more striking.
A couple was passing by and, seeing Fábia, they stared. The woman said:
- Why are you staring at that beggar so much?
- I knew her parents, she was always like that, quite eccentric, a bit scatterbrained, poor thing. A heart of gold, but a bit reckless. She never felt good and always felt rejected by her family. Imagine she ran away from home, and since then, she's never wanted to go back, she's been living on the streets ever since.
- Poor thing.
- Yes, but she's very kind. She doesn't bother anyone. But she's never shown any interest in going back home.
- Shall we go give her something?
The couple approached Fábia and the man gave her 20 reais, saying:
- Here, to buy a snack.
Fábia smiled, saying:
- Thank you very much, sir. From the bottom of my heart.
Fábia got up from the sidewalk and went to eat at Marlene's snack bar at the bus station.
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