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Do
not ignore a child !
by Steve Toth
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While the adults are talking
in a semi-circle in the parking lot
A little brother and sister are chasing each other
around the pillars that hold up the
building
The boy slips but catches himself with his right hand
He springs back up
and checks his hand for a moment
then starts running after his sister again
Now he stops and trots off in the direction of his mother
He stands before her
showing his hand with upturned face
and expression so sad
it could melt most any heart
But his mother doesn't see him
she is much too engaged in the conversation
So he tries the next person and the next
ignored each time
As I see all this working I'm thinking
that when he comes to me
I'll look at his hand and say "Pobrecito"
which means "poor little one"
As I watch him work his way silently
past each grown up in turn
I wonder how surprised he'll look
when he finally gets noticed
But when he comes to me
for no reason
I discard my plan to speak Spanish
Instead of talking
I find myself saying nothing
but holding up my right hand
and showing him my palm too
Instantly his expression changes
from despair to delight
He slaps my palm with the palm
of the same hand
that he was just showing me as injured
giving me what is known as a high five
Laughing he runs away
all injury forgotten
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