- The Prouds 118
there is something more important than wealth, women,
and status.”
“What might that be, Father?” Addison asked.
The father replied seriously, “It is called dignity. It
is the most important thing in life, and we must protect it
even if it costs us our lives. This is the secret behind the
Prouds’ survival all these years and what makes them the
strongest of all.”
Smith knew that it was easier to teach ideas and
values to a child than to a grown man. A child is like a
white dress, on which lines of values are easily drawn and
clearly visible.
Addison grew up to become the strongest and main knight
in the tribe. Over the years, his father kept preparing him to
lead the tribe after him.
When he became eighteen years old, his mother,
Rachel started looking for a bride for him. She found the
suitable one for him, a kind-hearted beautiful lady called
Shannon. She was one of the Prouds’ women.
Addison married Shannon.
The tribe organized a big wedding, and all its
members were happy.
One year after his marriage, at the age of nineteen,
Addison had his first child. It was a boy he called
Hammond. Once Hammond had grown up and started to
understand what he was told, his father started enhancing
the spirit of pride in him.