Captivity

It was slightly upsetting to learn that one of our boys ran away last night. Bendang Uncle didn't sound too worried as he informed us of missing Big Surya (16, not to be confused with Little Surya, 9) because this wasn't the first, and probably won't be the last time that it has happened. He had been saving his rupees one by one till he had enough to hop on a bus into the city to find his grandmother. She doesn't have a proper home and cannot care for Surya, but I guess I don't blame him for wanting to escape every once in a while. This place is wonderful, don't get me wrong, but I can imagine that every kid here sometimes just wants out, to go live a normal life with a normal family. His grandmother was contacted as soon as he went MIA, and she returned him to New Hope this afternoon, though he didn't look happy about it. Surya is a good boy, he is sweet and responsible and takes care of little Nithin now that he lives with the boys upstairs. Hopefully he won't jump ship again any time soon, and we're glad to have him back.

In other news, New Hope has two new additions -- a baby mouse that gets carried around all day like Stewart Little and a green parrot. Who knows where the parrot came from or how they caught him, but the he's staying in a nice little pink house that is far too small for him. (I don't know where that came from either.)