The character is adopted into a Wealthy family. If he is an orphan, it is a true adoption. If he has living parents, he is treated just like a son. (work with your DM to determine details)
You spend time with a spell-caster who teaches you a minor cantrip as a parting gift, learn one cantrip from a spell-casters spell list (DM's Discretion)
While foraging or hunting for food, you have an encounter with a trapped predatory beast. Instead of slaying it, you free it. The freed beast disappears. Later, you are trapped by a falling log. The same beast reappears, aiding and freeing you.