Family Under the Bridge, The

Armand, relished his solitary life. He begs and does odd jobs for money. Children, he said, were like starlings, and one was better off without them. But the mother and her three children who lived under the bridge recognized a true friend when they met one, even if the friend seemed a trifle unwilling at the start. And it did not take Armand very long to realize that he had gotten himself a ready-made family; one that he loved with all his heart, and one for whom he would have to find a better home than the bridge.