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10 Nov 2006 @ 01:39, by swanny
Nov 9 2006
Alberta
Thursday
The lost child
Well I "found" a lost child at the superstore just an hour ago.
Well I was in a rush to get home and at the checkout when I heard a somewhat odd cry... Not sure what it was about it. It didn't seem like the normal I want attention cry of a spoiled child so I looked over and there was
this little 2 or 3 year old semi asian girl seemingly wandering about crying and sort not gettin any response from anyone. I remarked to the checkout girl "is she lost?" and she sort of blindly nodded and went on with her work.
and I said "well thats no good". Any way after paying I went up to the little girl and kneeled down and
she seemed somewhat hesitant and scared and continued moving about. I didn't move but asked her if she was "lost". And all of the sudden the dawm burst and she wailed irrecocileably. I let her cry and felt I had comforted
her somehow by "recognizing" her difficult plight. Here she is lost and all alone in busy department store and crying and trying not to attract undue attention
because she was afraid for her situation and I think it was a cry for only her mother but somehow hee hee I was able to translate it. Well anyway soon others gathered around and called the service clerck and they began to ask her her name and her mothers name and I saw that I was no longer
needed and patted her gently on the shoulder and said
"it will be okay" and said thanks to the others and left.
I wondered why no one helped her but then being lost is a tricky situtation especially if your well... anyway it seemed that she may decide to stick closer to her folks from now on . It is a most horrible feeling to be lost and especially when you're a somewhat powerless child. I hope it didn't damage her to much.
Ps I guess the strange thing was shes was sort of in denial that she was lost and when I found her she couldn't deny it any more
and was overcome with a kind of terror and comforted at the same time that someone had found her lostness. I think at one point she even mumbled out while crying "my mommies lost." well I wonder if I should have helped but I was afraid that its a rather big store and she might have wandered outside in the snow dark and cold.
Not a good thing so... I felt it was nesessary to intervene.
Its odd that her parents hadn't noticed her missing. I don't think
though that she was abandoned cause she seemed well taken
care of and loved. I suppose I should have stuck around to see
that she was safe but I felt the others who had gathered around
appeared more comforting to her than I and plus I was sort of in
a rush and the service clerk should have training in that area.
Yea and it is a big store probably half a city block or so.
any who
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2 comments
10 Nov 2006 @ 03:37 by jmarc : good on you.
You got the ball rolling anyway. Guess it had a happy ending though we'll never know eh?
Arrived at a job earlier this week and when I got out of my truck, there right in front of me on the ground was a sparrow lying on it's back and panting in shock. Don't know if it crashed into a window or what. Picked it up and held it for a while, and then a couple of ladies came along who suggested that instead of trying to put it onto a branch to perch , that i should place it under a nearby bush, where it could maybe recover. went back an hour or two later and it was gone. This was inner city, and I'm fairly sure there were no cats in the viscinity, so like your lost child, I hope my sparrow recovered and flew. It a really pretty bird that looked very healthy. He was quite plump with speckles underneath and brown with a slight golden tinge on the top.
10 Nov 2006 @ 04:06 by swanny : Random acts of intervention
yea good on you too...
sort of strange not to know or be worried about the outcome
why is that... hmmmm
well I guess we just do our part and move on and the rest is
up to the little girl, sparrow and the universe...
although I suppose it would be nice to know
but maybe thats were faith in the dimension comes in...
carry on
sir
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