An elementary school boy (4th to 6th grade) had huge pearl-like tears flowing down his cheeks inside the train today. It looked like he got on the train the same time as I, and was sobbing non-stopped for a while. Everyone around him stared at him, but did not know what to do. Finally a middle-aged woman asked him what was wrong, etc. He stopped sobbing at times, but would start again. My listening skill did not enable me to understand what he said, and thus the cause of his emotion remained unknown. I hope that he made it back home safely.
Right after I got off the train, I saw a pre-kindergarten boy standing on the platform by himself. With his loud and clear voice, he asked, "Mom, where are you?" I heard a response, and located the mother after the second time. I pointed out to him, but he did not hear/see me until after I told him the second time. It might have been that he also heard his mother that time, as his mother walked toward us.
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