What the people did not know that if Tenlong had come in his boy form they would have acted altogether different. The villagers would have welcomed the smaller Tenlong with open arms. All the villages had the policy of caring for those who were attacked by bandits. This was due to bandits would try to attack all those who were unfortunate to cross their path. Some had believed that the people of the desert, Socanas, were behind all the bandit attacks but it could never proven. The attackers had never left clues to if they were working for others and not just acting out randomly.

Tenlong speaks,”Is there some person that I can get some and clothes from, please?”

There was no response among the villagers since they were ignoring the lad.

Tenlong speaks,” Are you all deaf? I know you are able to hear me! I can work for it if you want if my money is not enough to pay for food and clothes!”

There is still no response from the villagers and they were all pretending to be too involved with talking among themselves to pay attention to Tenlong. But the villagers' intentions were all too obvious.

Tenlong yells,”Fine, be that way! I do need not you all!”

As the lad turns away his stomach growls but the lad acts like he was not hungry. Tenlong just shook his head out of disbelief of how he was treated by the villagers. He had always remember to how

he was loved by his village and was still struggling with the different treatment he was receiving all of a sudden. He just did not understand how people can be so hateful.

Tenlong pondered,”Is my new appearance that much different that I shunned this much? I am still the same Tenlong I was before I grew larger! I am no monster that will bite others, like a wild dog!”

Tenlong begin to walk towards the other side of the village.

Tenlong walks some distance away from the business district and he was pelted in the side of with a rock. The second rock is caught by the boy and he prepares to throw it back in the direction of the thrower when he hears a loud scream.

He had stop the throw mid swing when he saw a mother kneeling holding her child protectively.

Tenlong sees a rock in a boy's hand ready to swing again.

He smiles and drops the rock on the ground.

The mother speaks,” I am so sorry! My boy just hates people he thinks is a bandit! Please do not hurt him!”

The boy almost gets another throw out, when his mother smacks the rock out of her son's hand.

The boy yells,” Do not hurt my mom or I will kill you bandit! I am not afraid of you!”

Tenlong looked at the boy and his mother and saw that their image had changed to himself and his fallen mother Zizi. The boy was not a bad boy but just misunderstood who the overgrown lad was supposed to be. Tenlong can see that he would have done the same as this boy had done.

Tenlong bends over in front of the boy and sticks his chin out.

The giant speaks,” I will give you a free shot big guy! Do your worst!”

He then points at his chin while encouraging the boy to strike.

The mother yells,”Jimmy, do not be foolish! You can not beat him! He will murder you if you attack him again! Do not be so foolish!”

The boy gets free of the grips of his mother and swings at Tenlong's large chin.

The child hits Tenlong in the jaw as hard as he could. The boy grabs his hand out of pain of hitting the large man's chin. The boy had never hit anything this hard. The boy is blowing on his knuckles as if doing so would make the pain just go away.

Tenlong is standing bent over to let the boy be able to hit him. After a few moments go by after the boy's hit he lands back first on the ground. He falls on his back and acts like he is knocked out.

The boy and his mother are standing on their feet speechless that Tenlong is laying out on the ground. The giant's eyes open and he returns to his feet. Tenlong dusts himself off while smiling from ear to ear.

Jimmy starts to chuckle out loud to his mother's horror. Then after a few seconds, his mother

starts to laugh too. The two had ultimately figure out that Tenlong would do them no harm.

Tenlong speaks,” You sure got me good! You have got a mighty punch! No bandit will mess

with you now!”

The boy and his mother are grinning from ear to ear. They could not help from laughing at Tenlong playing dead.

Jimmy speaks,” I guess you are not a bandit mister! Bandits do not play jokes with us villagers! They are mean to us!”

The woman is standing by her son with her arm around his shoulders.

The woman speaks,” What has happened to your clothes, Sir?”

Tenlong is taken back with the reaction of the young mother.

The giant spoke,” I grew out of my clothes and I had to use blankets to cover myself. I had

nothing else to wear.”

The woman speaks,” I do not have much, but I can make you some better clothes than what you have now.”

Tenlong is shocked by the kind reaction of the woman.

He speaks,” I will pay you for your services, kind ma'am!”

The woman shakes her head and says,”That will not do!”

The boy looks up at his mother and speaks,”Are we going take him back home, Momma?”

The woman smiles in response of what her son has said.

Tenlong speaks,” You do not have to go through all the trouble. I can make it.”

A frown appears on the woman's face.

She says,”I see that you are in need and will not let you go away with nothing!”

Tenlong eyes begins to misty eyed by such an act of kindness after losing his mother. Zizi was all Tenlong had for family but that was stolen from him!

He speaks,”Thank you for the help! I will do anything to help you as well! Just ask and I will my best!”