A TEDDY BEAR

A little girl, dressed in a red dress with white spots, was running on a pavement of a London street. As her mother trembled with horror, a girl was jumping carefree; her blonde pigtails were bouncing on her back while she was approaching the end of a pavement. She got nearer and nearer to the road, full of moving cars. Her mother finally could not stand the tension no longer:
“Ellie!” she yelled. “Come back to me! You have to be more careful. The road is full of cars!”
“Yes, mum,” Ellie answered, though she did not know, why her mother was so upset. Ever since her father didn’t come back from the hospital, her mother was ridiculously scared of everything, connected to cars. Ellie didn’t like to think of her father. Everytime she thought of him, she remembered the day, when everyone she knew came to the church, dressed in black, and cried like mad. And that was a very sad memory. But the good thing about being five years old was the fact that things like that are easily forgotten, especially if your mother doesn’t like to talk about them either.
“Mummy, look!” Ellie pointed at the st...