Chapter 250 - Feed Them (1/2)

It was a warm Sunday afternoon with the sun shining brightly in the sky. The trees in the small lawn had birds sitting on its branches as they chirped their own tune, maybe expressing their joy for the warmth that the sun had generously bestowed on them after a long period of time.

Xiao Li was running haywire on the grass barefoot, with a small stuffed doll in one hand and a handful of birdseed in the other, every one or two of which would seep out of her small stubby hand that left her with a very few right now.

Her two ponytails dangled back and forth with every step her little feet took. She had no care of her feet getting soiled or her dress getting crumpled as she continued running after the birds that flew down every now and then with the hope to feed and befriend at least one of those.

”Wear your shoes first Xiao Li, your feet are getting dirty.” Came the gentle voice of Gen from the entrance to the garden as he walked to her with a pair of small pink shoes in his hand.

”Bird wait!” Xiao Li ran after a small pigeon ignoring Gen's words to catch it and feed grains that she had brought from inside the house to feed the birds.

Seeing his words getting ignored, Gen walked over to the little girl and held her by her arm to stop her from running. Only now did Xiao Li realize his presence and turned to look at him. ”How many times have I told you to not go running around without wearing your shoes? You might catch a cold like this.”

”Bird...” Xiao Li spoke in a remorseful voice as she saw the pigeon flying away to sit on a high branch of a nearby tree. Her big round eyes had started to fill with tears as she was unable to catch even a single bird to feed the seeds to.

”What are you doing?” Gen asked confused as he squatted down and placed her shoes on the ground to make her wear them.

”Bird...” was all Xiao Li spoke as she placed her hands on Gen's shoulder and lifted one foot to slide it in her shoe while her eyes were still glued on the birds sitting on the branches of the tress that she wanted to feed.

”What do you want to do with them Xiao Li?” Gen asked tenderly as he secured the belt of her shoe around her ankle.

”Feed them.” She answered in a meek voice as she extended her hand in the front and opened her fist to show him the birdseed in her hand.

Gen saw her hand and then her face, that had fallen from the sadness. After half the day passed, he finally realized what the little girl was exactly trying to do. She was trying to feed the birds but every time she went near them, they would run away.

Seeing her efforts and her innocence, he burst into a peal of laughter which made the little girl even more confused and her lips parted to finally cry loudly as his laughter just added more to her remorse and her tears threatened to fall out of her eyes any minute now.