It was a cold evening, Zahra was going back home after a long day at work. But before returning home, her mother had strictly instructed her to bring certain groceries for the house. She pulled her jacket closer as the cold wind suddenly started to blow. It was around six in the evening and the sky was already a little dark.

She was walking towards the mini-mart one block away when she heard some giggles. They came from a little girl, who had a wide smile on her face as she gazed at the balloon her mother had just bought her. It was when the mother was busy paying the balloon man and had her back turned on the girl for a few seconds, that everything went wrong.

Zahra saw as a gust of wind made the girl lose her grip on the balloon which went flying towards the road.........

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