On a fine sunny day on a small village around the main roads with a clear blue river below and a bridge over which connects the road a little girl I think was more than 4 or 5 years of age and her little brother who is a year and 7months younger than her were left alone but left with words not to go farther specially the main road..The older sister has fair complexion with cheeks that would turn red from the heat of the sun when playing,eyes dark brown,a little skinny and a bit naughty and at times a sassy girl.She wore her hair short with bangs coz their mother would prefer it that way,try to picture out those old 90's girls haircut but this girls haircut was different from the others and it was called siete cut.Whereas her little brother,darker than she is.Chubby with cheeks so cute you would like to pinch and pinch,but was marked with condensed milk,no i mean sipon😁-that colds discharge he often wipe it with the back of his hand sideways.He was the silent one and would always stare at a thing or someone with wonder and curiusity in his round black eyes,would always tail about his sister wherever she went.They were bestfriends even with the complete opposite in personality.
They were having fun playing around the neighborhood when finally they got bored and wanted to look for other kids to play with.There was no other children around maybe their other playmates went with their parents at the fields just like their two older sister and brother,or some were at the river enjoying the cool waters,maybe its summer vocation or a weekend that time.Their grandparents perhaps were also on the fields.Thus,leaving these two kids in the house by themselves.While walking around they hadn't notice they were already at the road.The little boy told his sister that they better go home but his sister would not.
At one side of the road is a drainage covered with metal cut sheets welded to another long metals at the sides.However some of the sheets were rusty and some are pryed open to be able to let the drainage be able to get cleaned when it was blocked, that when one who is not aware of the broken cover and not looking to where he was walking would make his foot fall under loosing his balance.It would also make a sound when stepped on and this entertained them.They jumped and jumped making those irritating clanging sounds of the metal while these two kids were having fun,giggling and laughing.Being kids as they are,they haven't noticed that the metal sheet started to give up,one jump and the girl's foot gone SHOOT in between the sheets.It landed on the drainage floor and she stumbled with her hands supporting her body.Her little brother stood on shocked but recovered somehow after a minute.He went near her sister who has now sat on the drainage cover trying to get her foot out though she felt pain from her scratched leg and palms.They tried and tried but could not,they don't know how long they sat,rest,pull the stuck the poor foot out.Though the girls leg is thin the space between sheets were small.Maybe her foot slipped making it able to slid in.Nobody's passing what an unfortunate day.The boy,young as he was was worried about her sister.He is now yawning which indicates he felt sleepy,the girl could tell it from his eyes.When suddenly a van was approaching.It did not bring relief to the kids,rather they felt fear enveloped them.Afraid that they could be snatched easily thinking those who were at the coming van were kidnappers for they heard from their older sister and brother talking about some auto picking up kids.The boy helped his sister up and once more tried to take off her stuck foot yet to no avail.They begun to cry,the little boy pitifully clung to her sister determined not to leave her no matter what.Yes,there worst fear come to reality when the van suddenly stopped and its door slid open.The girl took off her little brother's firm grip from her neck and told him to run and hide somewhere.So the boy obeyed but little did she knew that her brother just hid himself just above the road and was peeping that he could be easily seen by these people at the van and could easily catch him if they were bad guys.The girl cried on top of her lungs hoping someone could hear her cries.The opened van door revealed white people,a big,fat,tall older man came out.The girl was more than horrified when some some of his companions started to come down too,the front door also opened and a Filipino woman came out.This big guy was a giant the girl thought.The girl begun to lower her cries and curiusly stared at these big people,of course she come to see foreigners passing by but never had the chance to see them that near.The big fat man together with an older woman,maybe his wife and the others were perhaps their children.How could she knew though she wanted to ask,she doesn't speak any language apart from their native tongue,adding she's not even attending school yet.This couple and the Filipina tried to calm the poor child,but the girl coudn't trust strangers.Maybe they succeeded to talk her out though she could not understand a word they're saying.The big man try to pry open the metal with his bare hands but couldn't so he picked up a big stone enough for him to hold and tried to knocked it off careful not to touch the leg of the girl.After some pounding the metal started to come loose so he forcefully but carefully lifted the metal up loosening the young girl's leg.Then he helped her up to her knees.The young boy was all the time watching to where he was hiding unaware that these people saw him already.The white woman at that time was holding a bag of candies and was waving at the boy to come.Candies were a luxury to kids before and more if it was chocolates.The boy then came down and was met by the woman's gentle embrace.They gave the bag of candies to the siblings and was happy to see the bond between them.Moments passed when kids from nowhere were flocking the area and was asking for candies.These foreigners gave each child and one of the older children at grade school told the little girl what these people are trying to say but can't be understood by these young kids.He told them in vernacular to go home wash the girl's leg with soap and water properly for the metal was rusty and apply some coconut oil after.Her leg got some scratches on it so it must be washed.
They went home,but nobody's home yet to take care of the scratches so they took the initiative to do so.They left some of the sweets for their older siblings to get to taste it too for it was not sold locally thus,it was there first time to taste such heaven food to them..
Lesson:obey your parents at all times.Listen and heed their words.They knew best.
I hope you enjoyed reading..Those children were me and my little brother.I can't recall how was my leg after that.Did it turn blue from being sandwiched between those metal sheets?I don't know.Am still trying to picture out what if those people were really kidnappers,what could have become of me.As a parent myself,I've felt the fear of kids not coming home at the right time when they're out to play.Always remind them not to stay outside too long..
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