From the beginning Stanley was treated horribly by the whole family. They made fun of the way he dressed and talked. He could do nothing right. The humourless farmer frequently lost his temper, criticizing Stanley for the
slightest
mistake.
The
oldest
son,
13yearold Armand, constantly played nasty tricks on him. But the kindhearted Stanley never responded.
Stanley never became part of the Lapine family. After work, they ignored him. He spent his nights alone in a tiny
bedroom.
However,
each
evening before retiring,
he lovingly
cared
for the farmer's
horses, eagerly awaiting him at the field gale.
He called them his gentle giants. On Saturday nights he hitchhiked into the nearest town and wandered the streets or enjoyed a restaurant meal before returning to the farm.
Early one
November morning Alphonse
Lapine discovered that Stanley had disappeared, after only six months as his farmhand.
The railway station master, when questioned later that week, said he had not seen him. In fact no one in the community ever heard of him again.
That is,
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