A 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD STARTED IN THE CHURCH AND FINISHED IN THE POLICE STATION I’ll start talking about how I was quite active boy, really attached to my parents. I remember once I went with my parents to a church because we wanted to see my sister who used to sing in the choir when I was five years old. In the beginning, I got bored so I asked my mother if I would be able to leave the church to have some fun, my mother permitted and I left the place. 30 min later I decided to return when I saw my parents weren’t inside, the only person was my aunt. Kind of desperate I asked her where my parents had gone, and she jokingly told me that they returned home without me. I still thank my aunt for being helpful. I was extremely afraid that I would never see them again, so I gathered the courage to return on my own. I made a mental map in mind and I followed it; actually, my house isn’t close to the church at all. Half of the way, in a street without roads and sidewalks, literally a desert; I ran into a dog that was giving Rabies vibes. Immediately I said “Okay, let’s be calm, try to don’t move and look at its eyes”, Against all odds the dog started barking at me, and because I knew that even if I ran, I couldn’t have escaped, I used the cry technique which worked. A woman, whom I still consider an angel and I won’t forget, rescued me from that beast, eventually, she noticed that I was lost and offered me for taking myself to the police station, we went finally to a moto-taxi and we arrived. I had been drinking cola and talking with police officers when my parents arrived and took me home, fortunately, they didn’t hit me with the belt. Now I have grown, I realize the danger I put myself in. Nowadays, a child of three years old walking alone by the streets can easily be a good catch for kidnappers. Surprisingly, I’m still not good at locating myself in the streets, I usually get lost. For example, this Saturday I’m using Google Maps to arrive at my friend's house which is not too far from here. I guess that’s the importance of learning the avenues and everything else necessary to be located, I’ll have to learn it even If I don’t like it. Anyway, I’ll have learned it by when I finish high school. Talking about my aunt, WTH she was thinking, I mean why would you say something merciless to a child? I’m not angry with her, truly, I make that kind of joke with my nephew. She’s forgiven, that’s why I’m going to visit her in a week after I haven’t seen her since the pandemic started, and also because it’s going to be my father's birthday and we want to celebrate it all together.
