this story is going to make your heart melt...

The following is a true story from Inner Mongolia. (I've translated it from a Chinese e-mail. If you would like the original ppt, let me know.)

A Girl has a Goat for a Mommy

Today, the girl is two years old. When she was 48 weeks old, there was a huge fuss over who would take care of her. At the time, her mother was deathly sick and her father was suffering from a serious neurological disorder. Her grandfather was around 80 years old at the time. Consequently, the girl's extended family was considering giving her away to friends because they themselves were unable to take care of her.

However, the girl's grandfather said, "She is my own granddaughter, give her to me and I will take care of her." Everyone wondered how he would be able to do this because he was both old and unable to provide milk for the infant. The grandfather had an idea-- he would purchase a goat to provide sustenance for the girl. He went to a lady in the village who owned goats and told her, "Look at this girl. I have no milk for her and am also very poor, please sell me a goat for a discounted price." The lady took pity on the family and sold the goat for 360 mongolian dollars.

Whenever the girl started to cry, her grandfather would ask his neighbors to help him lay down the goat so that the girl could suckle. A few men of the village would come by to hold the goat down each day so that the girl could eat. The goat was very afraid at first and would be kicking the entire time she was held down. But as time went by, she grew accustomed to the child and her attitude changed.





The grandfather made sure that the goat ate well and therefore, produced good quality milk for his granddaughter. Soon enough, the goat became the girl's mother. Whenever the girl would cry, the goat would come over to the child and lay down allowing the girl to suckle. People in the village worried about the child because the milk was neither warm nor as good as a human mother's milk. But the girl adjusted well to the milk and hasn't been sick once.





Her grandfather bought a plastic nipple for better feeding.




Since the girl needed to be fed three to four times a day, the goat and the girl developed a mother- daughter relationship quickly. Whenever the girl cried, the goat would come by and its presence would calm the girl. Similarly, when it came time for the girl to learn how to walk, the goat would walk very slowly and allow her to hold on its back.



This is a story of a girl who has a goat for a mother.