So that was what happened.
The child's parents understood.
She had chased after the balloon...
The child's parents smiled wryly.
"You..."
"You scared us half to death."
When they had looked down, their child was gone...
They had looked around, but couldn't find her anywhere.
The woman had nearly fainted.
If the man hadn't caught her in time, she would have fallen to the ground.
They had immediately gone to the nearby Police Station.
They had asked the officers to help them look for their child.
As the seconds ticked by...
There was still no news of their child.
All kinds of terrible possibilities surfaced in the parents' minds.
They couldn't stop them.
The woman was panting.
She felt as if she might faint.
But of course, she couldn't faint.
Her fingernails dug deep into her flesh.
The pain kept her alert and calm.
Perhaps the pain from her nails was too slight to help her much.
She heard her daughter's name.
She felt dazed.
Was she imagining things?
No!
The next second, the woman came to her senses.
It was the child's father calling their daughter's name.
She immediately called out, too.
They got a phone call.
More precisely, a kind stranger had called them.
The stranger told them their child was fine.
They gave them the address.
They asked them to come pick up their child.
They immediately hailed a taxi and rushed over.
"I'm sorry."
The child apologized again.
She had forgotten...
She had been completely distracted by the little goldfish and the uncle.
And she'd forgotten to tell her parents where she was and that she was all right...
"It's good that you know you were wrong."
The child's mom put on a stern face,
but it