Huh?
The little mushroom-headed girl looked a little dazed.
Had she almost started crying?
Had the girl scared her?
Had she... done something?
"Foolish girl."
Child's Mom gently stroked the child's head.
"Why were you sitting on the ground just now?"
"Don't you know how dangerous that is?"
Child's Mom put on a stern face.
"That was a busy street with cars coming and going."
Child's Mom emphasized.
It was far too dangerous.
Just thinking about the car speeding toward them made Child's Mom's heart still pound with lingering fear.
It felt like she couldn't breathe.
It had been terrifying.
She... had been sitting on the ground?
The little mushroom-headed girl instinctively looked down.
Hadn't she been standing—
Ah!
The little mushroom-headed girl remembered!
Just now...
"Mom!"
The little mushroom-headed girl grabbed the woman's hand.
"I saw it!"
The little mushroom-headed girl's eyes shone startlingly bright.
But they were filled with fear.
"A snake!"
"She didn't just have a snake on her ear!"
"She had one on her arm too!"
"A snake..."
Too agitated to catch her breath, the little mushroom-headed girl began panting loudly.
She unconsciously clutched Mom's hand tighter. "Two snakes lunged at me..."
"It was, it was so scary..."
The little mushroom-headed girl trembled all over.
Child's Mom didn't mind that the little mushroom-headed girl was gripping her hand painfully.
She was surprised, but not all that surprised.
The child's strange behavior lately had all been because...
She'd seen a shadow.
Child's Mom still couldn't bring herself to do it.
She reached out and hugged the child.
She looked at the man.
She was actually a little angry.
She couldn't understand some of the child's behavior or the things she said.
This time...
The child had almost been in an accident!
She couldn't