Bandits

They were masters of crime.
The little girl and her companion.
No one would have ever thought that the little one was the brain of a famous gang.
All the bandits cheered and adored the girl who stopped the animal hunt and paid back those who had harmed them for generations.

Hey Wolf, Wu said, do you feel it too? It's Fall, the wind blows and whispers songs of long ago. Let's howl a goodbye,
All bandits left and we should leave for the South.

Wolf looked back. It was the first time she suggested leaving the forest behind.
He didn't ask her why now just howled along before she climbed on his back and the two of them disappeared between the falling leaves.

All that was left were the stories the wind shared on stormy nights as bandits tried to rob the unaware travellers. Did the two of them ever exist?

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