The child stared blankly up at the ceiling for a while.
Then slowly turned her head.
There was no light in the child's big, distinctive black eyes.
Fear and alarm still lingered in them.
The sight was enough to make anyone's heart skip a beat.
"...Lele..."
Child's Mom parted her lips and called her daughter's name with some difficulty. "Lele?"
"You..."
The man quickly reached for the child.
"Why?"
"The man-eating sheep..."
Child's Mom grabbed Child's Dad's hand where it rested beneath your shoulder.
Child's Mom met Child's Dad's eyes again.
The child shook her head vigorously.
"Didn't anyone help you?"
Child's Mom felt a great weight lift from her heart.
The child called out again and again.
Child's Mom drew a deep breath.
The child reached out to her mother, her voice trembling.
I reached out to Mom.
She stared at the child without blinking.
There was a note of urgency in the child's voice.
The more she spoke, the more crestfallen she looked.
Child's Mom almost shoved the child away without thinking.
She even fell over.
Child's Dad was blunt and direct.
Child's Dad and Mom exchanged a look.
I tilted my head and looked at Dad.
Mm.
You glanced back at Child's Dad.
Her face fell.
She looked dazed, as if she hadn't come back to her senses.
Large tears slid from the corners of the child's eyes.
"Just like what I saw before..."
That was why everyone else had made it home before the rain started.
The child had simply been a step slower than everyone else.
"I told you not to say anything, so don't."
The child blurted out her confusion.
Child's Dad looked at the child with a serious expression.
"I wanted them to help me..."