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    The Boy Who Had a Demon
    The Boy Who Had a Demon
    The Boy Who Had a Demon
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    The Boy Who Had a Demon

    By Samuel Cardeal

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    Michael is a singular boy. Not the kind who suffers at school for not fitting, nor the mocking reason of of classmates. Michael is special.

    Beluparu is a demon. But not an evil creature that walks around with a trident. Not a punisher, tormenter or a bad influence on humans. Belu is special too.

    When the devil's child flees from hell to live his long dreamed freedom, his path crosses with Michael's. Two special creatures who meet to live an unexpected, but deep and true friendship.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEX Editora
    Release dateJan 26, 2017
    ISBN9781507170717
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      The Boy Who Had a Demon - Samuel Cardeal

      The boy who had a demon

      Samuel Cardeal

      preface

      Hello, is anyone there?

      Sorry for the informality, but it's the first time I put my feet in a place like this. I wonder why I was offered this opportunity, since my checks have bounced and I delayed the last bribe to the author of this work. Lost in this new little thing called Preface, the one thing I'm sure to meet is in the wondrous and wonderful mind of Samuel Cardeal.

      I got to know his work by reading some excellent criticism of one of his works in a review, looking soon thereafter for the book in its entirety. Impressed by its audacity, I was drawn to another and another and yet another story, so different from each other, showing how bold Samuel is with his ideas and creations that are not limited to a single genre.

      Next in line, however, is unlike anything I had ever read of the author, and yet, not losing his personal identity: the unexpected. I recognized Michael in every children I've lived with, including myself at the same age. Childlike ingenuity that does not differentiate between dangers, and not being able – or perhaps knowing how to ignore without much weight in consciousness – to see evil in people or creatures alike. Guided by the child's dreamy eyes, we even realize that good and evil are relative and depend solely on who sees it. Not always the famous – and old-fashioned – saying that the apple never falls far from the tree, applies in our lives, being contradicted by Samuel in the dubious origin of Michael's new friend. This one is even presented to us with so much empathy that you will even agree that for a friend, we do everything, including going to hell if need be.

      Take this information however you want.

      Guided by Cardeal's unusual and ever-exciting work, this is the opportunity for the reader to experience a delightful tale of friendship, companionship, and blasphemy, but that makes all the sin of cheering the trio of half-dozens worth it in the end. But do not worry; Of demons, Samuel understands.

      Natália Mussato

      Writer and dear friend

      prologue

      THE DEMON UNDER BED

      It rained a lot that day, but the small child, with only eight winters lived, did not mind. Unlike his mother, who in the next room clung to her sleeping husband's pajamas, frightened by the storm, Michael even liked it. Ever since he was a baby, he had always smiled at the sound of thunder, and his eyes were always glowing as he glimpsed lightning. Sleeping soundlessly asleep, and dreaming of good things, the boy had his face marked by a mischievous smile. For him, it was just another night of sleep.

      However, what would happen at that night would change everything.

      As if awakened by magic, Michael opened his eyes, awoke suddenly, but in a calm manner. Hardly did the little one wake up in the middle of the night, he slept with the thick curtains tightly closed and all the lamps off. He had never been afraid of the dark, the pitch-blackness soothed him. He thought he was hungry, which made him stand up quickly and turn on the light. He walked to the door and suddenly stopped. He had noticed that there was no hunger.

      He kicked off his bunny slippers and lay down again. After a few minutes, he switched on the lamp; He wasn't sleepy anymore. He remembered he had a Monica's Gang comic to finish, and thought to read until sleep came back from wherever it went.

      That's when he heard it.

      The sound seemed to be near, though almost inaudible in the midst of the storm. Curious as only he would be, Michael sharpened his hearing until he isolated the noise. Under the bed, he concluded. Without leaving the bed, he

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