Jumping Off the Bike
The wind caught her raincoat.
Every so often, it slapped against her.
She tilted her head and flung the raincoat aside.
Then...
Her eyes suddenly flew wide.
W-what was that!?
She stared in stunned disbelief.
"M-Mom..."
At first, she called softly.
Then her voice grew louder and louder.
"Mom!"
"Mom!"
The little girl tugged at her mother's clothes.
She had completely forgotten that her mother was riding a bicycle.
Then...
Disaster struck.
Caught completely off guard—
The clamor of the rain and the endless din of traffic drowned out the child's cries.
The child's mom was focused on the road ahead and didn't hear her at all.
By the time she noticed the child pulling at her clothes, it was too late...
The bicycle began to buck violently.
The handlebars wobbled.
The bike veered along a crooked, zigzagging path.
The child's mom tried desperately to steady the bike.
But it was difficult.
Fortunately, the child behind her seemed to realize how dangerous things had become. She fell silent and stopped moving around.
The child's mom frantically rang her bicycle bell.
She was trying to warn the people ahead to get out of her way.
The child's mom's eyes lit up.
"Bang!"
The bicycle toppled onto the grass.
The child's mom tried her best to catch the child as she flew off, and they rolled across the ground several times.
The rain poured down.
Passersby cast concerned glances their way.
The child's mom struggled to sit up.
She immediately looked down at the child in her arms.
"Anna."
The child's mom's voice was hoarse, her expression panicked. "Are you okay?"
The child's raincoat hood had fallen off.
Her face was covered in water.
It was