Children Used As Beggers

On the morning metro there are men in business suits, women in heels and a child tapping her dirty pink converse to the beat of a Gypsy man playing a violin.

She looks no more than seven years old, but she knows what she must do in order to keep the man happy. She knows the plan.

To her, it is the same act again and again from sun up until she is told to stop. It goes like this:

Enter the subway car. The man begins to set up his small speaker, plugs in the violin and begins to play. She stands by his side, holding onto the handrail in the middle of the car, tapping her foot with her head swaying back and forth to the music as she smiles. This is not the first time she has heard him play, but she acts excited anyhow.

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