the children including the injured little joseph missing his right cheek picked up their paltry weapons and chased after them as the beast descended the hill into the marsh the children quickly found their opportunity to catch up as the beast struggled to get out of the thick mud the children speared the beast but with little effect only angering it as they delayed it from satisfying its hunger as they were unable to pierce the thick hide of the monster they altered tactics trying desperately to just stab it in the mouth the base the eyes all in an attempt to blind it or incapacitate it with its victim firmly under its foot the jaws opened in anger trying to bite the sticks out of the air the children unable to reach its eyes as the beast's head darted back and forth with incredible speed and agility portafe charged ahead and he scored a superficial wound on the beast which forced it backward releasing its hold on the young boy that it had intended to eat and before the beast could grab the boy again portafe bravely stood between them the beast and its prize broken staff in hand ready to defend the boy to the last harassing and shouting at this strange and terrifying predator it drew the attention of a grown man that was nearby that rushed to join the children in chasing off the beast with the arrival of this much larger threat beast were treated toward the village of grosse where it found a NUMBER_TOKEN year old boy and ate him alive king louis upon hearing the tale of brave young portafey paid him and his family a handsome reward for protecting him and his friends an annuity of NUMBER_TOKEN libre far more than the average yearly income of a peasant so that the boy could receive an education which he did and went on to live a pretty successful life far more educated and well spoken than the young friends that he had saved that day when he was just a young boy in the present day you can find proof of this in a letter that he wrote as a young man a book dedication he wrote to a benefactor which is now found in a museum in modern day javedon unfortunately portofae did not live long dying at the young age of NUMBER_TOKEN in NUMBER_TOKEN
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