Sunday, September 27, 2009

The Case of the Lost Kid Wearing a Pair of Blue Rubber Shoes


This is one very touching story about a family reunion . The frantic search of a worried mother , desperate to find her lost child amidst the city's jungle of perils and iniquities . She was irritable and restless . This is one great sadness that she probably couldn't take .She went out of her way to visit radio stations, TV , and the police station nearby.
One very early morning , this crying woman woke me up . She told me that her one year old daughter was lost in a crowd . Call it sheer "tsamba" or " coincidence ", the cards was specific as to where the kid is to be found . When the "ipil-ipil " trees around the shanty , the description of the area and the people who were kindhearted enough to take good care of the girl came out ! She took some notes , wrote all details and signs in the vicinity . She later on found her . You can just imagine the joy overflowing in her heart . She must have said " Thank you " more than a hundred times ! As a memento of her gratitude , she gave me a picture of this happy kid wearing a pair of blue rubber shoes.

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