NovelEnglishHe entered the alley, and the girl's cries grew louder, sounding as if they were right beside him. When he rounded a wall, the scene
before him made him freeze in place.
In the deepening twilight, a small girl was cornered by two wild dogs. She looked no more than three or four years old, small and
frail, her clothes torn. Her thin body was covered in bloody scratches. Her eyes were filled with terror, yet she continued to fight
back, struggling with a survival instinct that gave her small frlimitless potential.
A cold fury seized Jonathan. Blood rushed to his head, and his body trembled uncontrollably with a mixture of heartbreak and
panic. He lunged forward, grabbed one of the dogs, and slammed it violently against the wall. He then spun around and kicked the
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtother dog away.
Both wild dogs were dead. The little girl remained huddled in the corner, looking up at him in terror.
He knelt on one knee before her. Seeing her torn clothes and bleeding wounds, he raised a hand but didn’t know where to touch
her.
He was afraid anywhere he touched would cause her pain.
“Mister!” the girl cried out in a hoarse, childish voice.
His heart clenched. He took off his coat, wrapped it around her frail body, and held her tightly in his arms before turning to find
help.
After asking a passing neighbor for directions, Jonathan found the town’s clinic and had the girl's wounds treated and got her a
rabies shot.
He held her the entire time, not even letting go when she received the injections. She was so well-behaved, not crying out once,
which only made his heart ache more.
The doctor said she needed to be observed for two hours, so he sat with her on a bench in the clinic's hallway.
The corridor walls were stained and peeling, smelling of disinfectant and decay. The girl rested quietly in his arms, her eyes fixed
on him.
He asked if she was hungry.
The girl nodded faintly.
Unwilling to leave her, he paid someone to go out and buy a variety of food for her. She carefully picked up a small box and asked
him, “What's this?”
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