Each night, after the people in the house had gone to bed,ali stole some of their food for myself. But soon l realized that the old man was blind. And I realized too th often the three of them did not have enough to eat. I saw the two young people put extra food on the blind man's plate, although they were hungry themselves. When saw that, I stopped stealing their food. Their life was already hard enough, so I went back to the wild fruit in the woods. I tried to help them in other ways, too. During the night I cut firewood for them, and added it secretly to the wood which the young man had cut during the day. I was very happy to see how much this pleased the young man After a while I began to understand some of the noises that the people made to each other. The first words that I understood were words like 'fire', and "bread I also learn that the three people called each other by names. The girl was Agatha, the young man was Felix, and the old man was called Father. I tried to make the noises that they made, and slowly I began to speak. The two young people were very beautiful. One day l saw my own face in the water of the river. It was a terrible face. I understood why people were frightened, wh they shouted and threw stones. I knew then that could not let these beautiful people see me. They would be frightened by my horrible face and body Summer was coming, and I continued to watch and learn. I also continued to help the two people and their