Challenge #04823-M074: The Wager of Import

Wraithvine lost a bet with a family that runs an orphanage. What did they want in return? A magical pouch of edible and medicinal plant seeds that never emptied no matter how many were planted. They would never again worry about not having enough to feed the kids. -- Anon Guest

[AN: personally believing this is some kind of test by the orphanage because of mummers and fraudsters pretending to be hir. Only Wraithvine would purposely lose a bet to help an orphanage]

It began with a rambunctious toddler running off with Wraithvine's breadroll. Sans a tailclout. Of course ze rescued the little rogue from the path of a speeding carriage, and of course ze asked about where the little one belonged.

"With those grungy overwashed clothes?" sniffed one of the roaming highborn. "That has to belong to the orphanage."

Wraithvine thanked her and made a mental note to teach the area some manners at a later date. The small child needed their carers. And the orphanage needed it too, if the tot was stealing bread. Of course Wraithvine let them keep it. Ze could not do otherwise and still be hirself.

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