"Bunny!"
The little girl cried out delightedly.
Her whole face lit up.
The little girl snatched the hair clip from Xiao Xiao's hand.
"Bunny!"
She lifted the bunny holding a carrot hair clip and examined it closely.
Her mouth stretched into a goofy grin.
"Hehe..."
At last, the little girl had gotten back the hair clip she'd thought she'd lost, and her face blossomed into a smile.
The little girl stared at the bunny holding a carrot hair clip for a long time. Then, with obvious reluctance and great care, she clipped it into her hair.
Xiao Xiao reached out and put the hood of the little girl's raincoat back on her head. She'd knocked it off while clipping in the hair clip.
"Nini, you really like this hair clip?"
"Mm."
After clipping it in, the little girl carefully touched the hair clip on her head.
Her face showed unmistakable delight and excitement.
"Mom gave it to me as a reward."
"Because my drawing won a prize."
"I drew a bunny holding a carrot."
"It looks exactly like this one."
The little girl gently poked the bunny holding a carrot hair clip with her finger.
"I really like it."
The first time she saw this bunny holding a carrot hair clip, the little girl had almost thought the bunny in her drawing had turned into a hair clip.
Her mother had laminated the drawing that had won her first prize, framed it in wood, and hung it on the wall in her bedroom.
Her mother said it was her first achievement and that she should keep it safe as a memento.
She'd felt a little embarrassed, but also very happy.
For a while at first, she'd stared at that drawing for a long time almost