Imagine the feeling that you are not going to see your child's face ever again!! The worst thing that could ever happen to you if you are parents - is lose your child!!
Well most of the days, I take this cab to work and now I know the cab driver so well that we talk to each other all throughout my short journey from home to work. Today he told me that last evening he had the worst experience ever. God forbid anybody has to go through that. He lives in this quite neighborhood - where his 8 year old daughter goes for biking every evening. But last evening she took a wrong turn while biking and she could not figure out her way back home.
She knows she shouldn’t speak to strangers, so she wouldn’t stop for asking help. She keeps biking all around looking for her house. She does not know how to call 911 as she has no phone. Poor little child is terrified but keeps biking without giving up. Her little feet tired of peddling and at the same time her heart racing fast at the thought of not meeting her parents again.
On the other side, her mommy calls up the daddy informing about the missing child. My cab driver leaves the work and rushes straight off home. They call 911. There were 18 cops on the road looking for the missing child. The mommy and daddy are on the roads too in their respective cars and looking around crazily. The feeling of never seeing their child again, was killing them but they didn’t give up. With tears rolling down their faces, chanting the prayers all the time, feet on the brakes and hands on the steering - they went all around the neighborhood looking for their lost daughter.. 3 hours down and no sign of their child.
The little kid finally tired of peddling, decided to stop and ask for some water. She is afraid to go and knock a stranger's house, but she is so exhausted of biking for 3 hours that she couldn’t help but stopping by this old lady's house. She knocks with confidence, without any sign of fear on her face, boldly asks - 'Can I have some water please? I am tired of biking.' And the old lady felt it very unusual and said yes to the child, goes inside and calls 911 reporting the unusual incident. The cops asked her to keep the child with her and they turned around the wheels to fetch the child.
The girl would not stay at the old lady's place, she had water and was ready to head back. But the lady convinced her to stay back by saying that she had called her mommy and daddy. On hearing that mommy and daddy are coming to fetch her, her eyes sparkled with joy and she was so happy that she agreed to stay back. And then the cops turn up, and she started crying, 'I haven’t done anything wrong, don’t take me.' Poor little soul! Cops had a hard time convincing her that they are going to take her to her parents.
And alas - there was finally the reunion of the parents and the child! Thank Goodness, my cab driver found his daughter. He cried, hugged and kissed his daughter like he would have never before.
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