RE: STACH Short Story Contest #14: 199 words, 15SBD prize pool!
The Dream Seeker
Josef was the son of a diamond seeker, he worked with his father since he was 6 years old to help the family. His father spent long hours working in a diamond mine, where the conditions were very bad.
For 10 years, Josef worked alongside his father although he did not receive any payment from the mine for his work, Josef knew the only way his father could pay the bills and feed the family was for his help.
But his father knew that Josef was very intelligent and wanted a better way to make a living for his son. I wanted him to study and be a professional.
One day when Josef turned 16, his father told him that he would not work in the mine, Josef told his father that being a miner was the only thing in life he had ever known, to which his father replied "Josef there is a world out there that you must explore and I want something better for you, than a hard life and poverty. "
His father hugged him and gave him the money, which for years he had saved so Josef studied and knew a better life.