Thorns

A friend of mine from church was very nearly stolen. Fortunetly his family were friends with some reasonably connected people and were warned whenever inspectors or whatever came by. He and his siblings used to go off and hide in the bush sometimes for days. His family took very good care of him and he grew up to be a well educated police officer and later a musician and lecturer. He's also retained his knowledge and ties to the land and is a much wholer person for it. Additionally I've met his mother and I have no idea how people would get the idea that she wasn't an excellent caregiver, she loves her grandkids to bits.