A Kind Heart And Security Lesson

It is about time to teach Sana about security. It just so happened that my nephew (Lada) recently encountered something worth mentioning. He and grandparents (my parents) were walking on the street. Somehow they were separated. My nephew was frightened and started crying, trying to look for the grandparents but they were nowhere to avail. One lady saw this little guy (almost 6 at the time) crying and came up to him and asked what had happened. Thank God this was a nice lady (there are people on the streets in China acting nice to young children and then taking them for sale or to do some other terrible things) and she asked my nephew, "do you know where you live?" "Yes." "Do you know which bus takes you home from here?" "Yes." "Ok then, this is one yuan (the bus fare in the city). You can use this to take the bus home." "No, thank you. If people see me taking the bus alone, they will steal me. Will you please call my dad and tell him where I am now?" "Then do you know his phone number?" "Yes. It is xxxxxxxxxxx." So my very smart nephew saved himself and his grandparents, and basically the whole family.

I told this story to Sana. She cried when she heard that Lada was frightened and crying. I asked her why she was crying. She said, "Lada must be so scared at that time. If I was lost, I would be very scared too." She indeed has a very kind heart and can relate.

Then I asked her to tell me how Lada found his dad again. She said that Lada asked the nice lady to make a phone call. She also told me that it was possible because Lada remembered his dad's number. So we confirmed that Sana knows our phone numbers. We will be working on our address and identifying people who can help in the next few days/weeks, whatever it takes.