This is a very poignant story, @wems. What a sad thing, to have to sell your child! And even worse, to be the child who has been sold. The child seems to have accepted the situation, that the father had no choice, and that it will mean a better life.
I wish he knew what awaits him. A slave being alive or dead is not a priority to his/her master. Another slave would replace you.
Thanks for reading @jayna