Smart Little Ali

Hello, everyone.

    Today I am going to tell you another story of little Ali. You remember Ali, don’t you? Little Ali who had buried his car thinking it would grow into a tree of cars. Well, here is another story of his.

    In this story he is almost kidnapped but is saved by his smart thinking. Read on and find out how it happened.

Smart Little Ali

    One day, Ali and his mother went to a supermarket to do their weekly shopping. As usual Ali followed his mother while she was taking the things she wanted and putting them in her cart. Ali’s mother was busy doing her shopping thinking that Ali was following her as usual. She never knew when he got separated from his mother.

    Now what happened here? Ali was following his mother. Then he got so absorbed by all the things that he never knew that his mother was gone to another aisle and he started to follow another lady. That lady took his hand and started to lead him outside the supermarket.

    Suddenly, Ali looked up and he saw that he was holding the hand of another lady and he tried to free his hand. Now, this lady held his tightly.

    “Where is Mommy?” he asked the lady. “I want to go to my Mommy.”

    The lady looked around and tried to smile.

    “What are you talking about?” she asked him. “I am your Mommy. Come with me I will give you chocolate and ice cream.”

    Ali got alarmed. He started to cry and shout, “I want my Mommy. I want my Mommy.”

    “Don’t be difficult, Danny,” she said, trying to force him to go out of the supermarket door.

    Now near the door there was a security guard standing there. When he heard Ali crying he came forward.

    “What is the matter, Ma’am?” he asked the lady.

    “Oh, Danny is just being difficult,” she said with a fake laugh.

    The security guard felt something was not right and so he squatted down near Ali.

    “Well, little fella,” he said, kindly and asked. “Why don’t you want to go with your Mommy?”

    “She is not my Mommy,” replied Ali crying even more. “I want my Mommy.”

    “He does that sometimes,” she said, sounding a little irritated. “It’s a game he plays.”

    “She is not my Mommy,” repeated Ali through fresh tears.

    “I am sorry, Ma’am,” said the security guard, “but I will have to take you to my manager.”

    “Now look what you have done,” said the lady, angrily to Ali.

    The security guard took freed Ali’s hand and at once Ali went and hugged the guard around his knees.

    “I want my Mommy,” he said.

    The guard patted his head and led him and the lady to the manager’s office. The lady followed unwillingly, grumbling all the time that what sort of supermarket was this where a parent was doubted about their own children.

    Once inside the office the guard explained everything to the manager there. The manager listened to the whole story. The lady began to protest that it was unfair that she was being held unnecessarily and that she would sue them all for it.

    The manager paid no attention to her and told the guard to make an announcement to see if anybody would come forward for the child.

    The guard went to the microphone and made an announcement.

    “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, “if anybody has lost a little boy, please come the manager’s office immediately. Thank you.”

    Now, let’s see what happened with Ali’s mother.

    She was shopping unaware that Ali was not with her. When she realized it she started to look around and search for him. When she couldn’t find him she got frightened. She asked everybody if they had seen a little boy by himself, but nobody had seen a little boy alone. She got really frantic now. What could she do? Nobody had seen her little boy. She searched everywhere in vain. She felt tears come into her eyes. She did not know what to do. And just as she was thinking of going to the manager’s office she heard the announcement. She just ran towards the office leaving behind all her groceries. She reached there and knocked at the door.

    “Come in,” a voice answered.

    As soon as she opened the door she saw little Ali sitting there on a security guard’s lap. Ali flew into his mother’s arms as soon as he saw her.

    “Mommy, Mommy,” he shouting in delight.

    His mother caught him and picked him up and kissed him.

    “Where did you go, you naughty little boy?” she asked him in mocked anger.

    Now, seeing everybody’s attention was diverted the lady who had claimed to be Ali’s mother started to sidle towards the door. The manager saw her and gave a shout, “She is trying to get away. Get her.”

    The security guard caught her and held her firmly. The lady scowled and tried to free herself but was unable to do so. The manager called the police and they arrived.

    “Well, well, well,” said the inspector, “it hasn’t taken you long to start your dirty business, eh.”

    Then, the inspector explained that she was called Carla and had just come out of jail. She was a professional kidnapper. Soon they handcuffed her and took her away.

    From that day onwards, Ali always found himself seated in the shopping cart when his mother took him to the supermarket. She wasn’t going to take any chances!