The taxi driver braked abruptly when he saw the baby by the road at night, but the girl was silent in response to all his questions.

Children abandoned by their parents sometimes find themselves on the road of life. But not everyone is literally on the night track. Viktor Antonovich at first could not understand where the child was from and where his mother was. He braked and got out of the car. On the wet grass sat a little dirty girl with a toy in her hands. Small hands were squeezed into strong fists, and a note sticking out of the jacket pocket.



Little Ira did not know what was in the note that her grandmother put in her pocket. All she knew was that things weren't going well at home, and now she needs to get somewhere she can help. The grandmother dressed her granddaughter well: tights, overalls, jacket ... And when the line reached the hat, the house began to knock hard. It was mom. She was angry again and shouted something indiscriminate. Ira didn't want to see her at all. She was afraid of her.

On such occasions, when an angry mother tried to enter the house, Ira and her grandmother played in silence. To make an angry mom think no one's home. Then she'll go somewhere else. "Where she'll get a drink," as Grandma says.



The Peels were the same this time. Ira and Grandma are quiet. They waited until the noise at the door and the knocking stopped. The grandmother put a pre-prepared note in the pocket of Ira's jacket and gave her her favorite toy. Then she waited at the door, took Ira by the hand, and they left the house. Ira was trying to figure out where they were going. She asked her grandmother several times about it, but she only answered that she needed to get to the city. That Ira would help. That mom and her friends won't be there.

At one point, my mother’s distant voice was heard behind me. And not just her. She also had her noisy friends with her. She shouted something to her grandmother and quickly approached. The grandmother bent over to Ira and told her to run forward with all her legs. Ira listened. She didn't turn around when there were screams and swearing behind. She can't be caught. She needs to go to town.



When Viktor Antonovich sat the girl in the back seat of the car, he unfurled a note. The name and surname of the girl, the date of birth and the request to take the child to the city guardianship authorities were indicated.

There was no question of taking the girl to her destination in the middle of the night. He began to ask her where and how she lived. At first Ira was silent, but after a while she began to tell. And from her words very quickly began to emerge a picture of a sad childhood. A mother with an addiction and influential (within the village) friends, a frightened grandmother who came up with nothing better than to give her granddaughter to the city. Apparently, her health did not allow her to take care of the girl, so she had to go to such extreme measures.



Peels Victor Antonovich called the police. They arrived and walked with the girl to the place where she last saw her mother and grandmother. It was empty. But they all came home. And my mother, actively drinking with the noisy company of men, and my grandmother crying in the next room on the bed.



After that night, little Ira had her own business. She didn't really know what it meant, but now it's just what Grandma wanted. It was really hard when strangers took Ira. She cried for a long time. But very soon other people came for her. She remembered one of them well. It was the uncle, Viktor Antonovich, who found her on the road. And the second was a woman, his wife.

They talked to Ira for a long time and then asked if she wanted to live with them. Ira shrugged her shoulders. She didn't mind. The only thing she wondered was if she could see her grandmother. She smiled and said she could see her whenever she wanted. Then Ira agreed and hugged the new parents.



Peels Life Wisdom: What Does This Story Teach Us? Children abandoned by their parents deserve a home where they are loved and provided with everything they need. Therefore, Ira’s frightened grandmother had to take such a risky step. On the one hand, it seems unreasonable, but on the other hand, then her granddaughter would not find herself so quickly adopted parents.