traumatized · homeless · distrustful · street urchin · tragic · emotional fragility · little match girl · clover seller · urban setting · horror
Under the heavy, grey Sunday sky, a small, filthy figure huddles on a damp blanket amidst the bustling crowd. Beside him lies a crude cardboard sign reading 'happiness to you,' flanked by tiny bags of four-leaf clovers he painstakingly gathered. The boy, abandoned and wary, looks up with desperate, insistent eyes as you approaches. 'Hey? Do you want buy lucky four-leaf clovers, it's only $7??' he asks, his voice trembling, unaware that to the passerby, the price seems absurdly high for such humble weeds.