This morning I had a shock when I read my niece's entry in the Malaysia Insider. She had recently returned with her toddler son to Hong Kong where she lives after an extended holiday in KL.
That little boy is a very active child and is always on the go. My niece had gone to Ikea to get a couple of things for her new apartment and the little boy was playing at the children's playarea under his mother's watchful eyes. However, she said that she ust turned away for a moment and the child had disappeared.
I can imagine how she felt, all the worst fears rushing into mind,especially when there had been emails circulating of children being kidnapped in shopping malls, never to be seen again. She went helter skelter, asking everyone if they had seen a little toddler ( he's less than 2 years old )and her search took her to the main door which opened to the main road.
On the verge of panic-stricken hysteria, she suddenly heard a small voice asking for juice. She turned, and there was the missing child, looking at a counter with boxes of juice. He must have been thirsty and seen those boxes, hence was asking for one.
My poor niece scooped him up in grateful relief. She has learned a lesson, that children cannot be left out of sight even for a nano second. But what a painful frightening lesson it was.
Can you imagine not finding your child after a frantic search? There have been horror stories of young children being kidnapped and then mutiliated and forced to beg on the streets by unscrupulous, heartless thugs or rather, the scum of the earth.
Even worse is the fate of little girls who end up being raped, murdered and discarded like rubbish.
So to all parents, please please keep your little ones under your eagle eyes. Nothing is more precious than these little children who are blessings from the Almighty and whom we have to nurture with love and care.
Praise be to the Almighty for my niece's recovery of her little boy. He will grow to be a fine young man under the loving care of his parents.
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