Pasha Dimov from 5th grade ran away from the orphanage many times before. This time Sergey and I saw him at the city market dirty sharing some bread with his frinds. He was sniffing glue just before we met him.
He didnt want to go back to the orphanage but our persistance and the promise that if doesnt go back we will take him to the police made him come to the orphanage with Sergey. For some of the kids the freedom of the street life is very appealing and they dont want to live in an orphanage because they are looking for adventure and freedom...freedom to sniff glue and take drugs, freedom not to have to wash yourself and not to wear clean clothes, freedom not to study and to have to listen to the teachers and supervisors who tell them to study well...who can stop them? i think that only the care of a loving family can make them stay where they are safe. We all realize that the orphanage is where they should stay instead of being on the street so why do they leave?