Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Natasha saves the day.............

Yesterday evening indeed alerted me fully. After work as usual, I will picked the girls out from the childcare.
Everything went normally, with parents and their children crowding the entrance, waiting for their children to get ready to go home.
As I've 3 girls who like to delay, and we also have many bags to carry, we are the "last" family to leave at around 6.15pm.
The girls were updating me about what they have done in school. Quite a distance from the childcare, Natasha saw his friend, Daniel, and she greeted him goodbye. Basic courtesy......Daniel started following us.
Initially I told him to follow his daddy, cos there was a man standing next to him. We thought that's his father. But he remained nonchalant by what I've said, and suddenly the man left. I was puzzled.
Then I suspected he might have ran from the childcare, cos he doesn't had any bag with him, and he's wearing the wrong side of the shoes. I looked around and see no adult too. I tried to ask him for his father, but he kept quiet.
Cora then suggested letting him sit at the bench to wait for his father. I was furious. We can't possibly leave the poor boy loitering, especially we know him.
I decided the best is to bring him back to the childcare. Thank god, I did so, cos the teachers were all shocked when I brought Daniel back. I realised the boy must has slipped out or mixed with other parents.
I considered my duty done, and time to console poor Natasha. She has been crying frantically when she saw me holding Daniel's hand and walked away. To make matter worse, Dinah and Naomi followed me leaving her with Cora alone.
We quickly rushed to Natasha, and comforted her. As we continued our journey, I cautioned them not to wander off without me. They seem to understand after seeing Daniel. Naomi suddenly clinged to me, and Dinah kept repeating what I said.
Natasha seems oblivious, so long I'm with her, and she will be contended. This morning when I sent them to childcare, I feedbacked to the teachers. They need to be informed so that history won't repeat. I hoped they will exercise more caution, especially to these young kids.

No comments: