Fathers' Day story

lqs6738 (China)

To be honest, I secretly admit that I am not a good father, seldom do I take great interest in playing games or reading fairy tales to my children. Not once did I accompany my children to those extra classes which are aimed at developing childrens' interests. On the National holiday in 2003,my wife and I planned to take our daughter to visit the zoo. We did enjoy ourselves at first, watching all kinds of rare animals, feeding bananas to monkeys, fishing in a clear small pond. I was a bit tired, though, by my daughter's endless questions concerning the names and characteristic of the caged animals. But everything changed when we came to see the bears. There were fences all around, my daughter stood beside the fence, holding the metal rails. To see the bears more clearly, she mysteriously reached her head inside metal rails. The most frightening thing of all was that she could not get her head out of the metal rails no matter how hard she tried. she cried and screamed , attracting almost all other visitors. Everyone was watching and offering advice, my daughter became the centre of attention. I rushed to the animal keepers for help. Two of them arrived on the scene with a ladder. They climbed over the fence, led the bears into the cave and finally saved my daughter. Tears in eyes and sweats all over, I thanked them for their timely help. I was to blame for I failed to watch her closely. A conscientious father could never ignore her child only to amuse himself.

Zhu Chunxie plays with his two-year-old daughter.Zhu made a bold decision by selling his house and his company to take his daughter traveling around the world for five years [Photo from web]