FairFax Digital
May 16, 2008
John Garnaut and Maya Li in Mianyang meet some of the youngest survivors who now face an uncertain future.
"MY NAME is here," said Li Chunchun, lifting her shirt and pointing to her tummy.
The nurse at Mianyang Central Hospital said the policeman who found five-year-old Li had written her name on her tummy so she would not get lost.
Little Li said she had been walking with her grandmother back to school after lunch, singing the song the class was planning to sing that afternoon.
"Xiao yu sha sha sha, Zhongzi sha sha sha, quntian yao lai li" - the sound of drizzling rain, the sound of seeds growing, spring is coming.
Many of Beichuan's orphans have witnessed the worst that nature can throw at them, but have little idea of what it means.
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