Feature: Children, you are the hope

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-19-2008 16:11

Children as the hope of the future, and this is often felt most keenly during times of tragedy. The smiling faces of some of the youngest survivors have moved thousands of people.

12 year-old Huang Siyu is drawing in hospital. When the doctors had to amputate her left leg, she cried and shouted: don't, please. I want to look after my parents when I grow up. Please.

When the doctors had to amputate her left leg, she cried and  shouted: don't, please. I want to look after my parents when  I grow up. Please.

But the earthquake took not just one of her legs, but also her mother and father. Siyu is being brave and facing the reality, and says she will be a strong girl.