Emperor Cuckoo: Human interest in China

After parents divorced, child comes to Tianjin with her mother 
Wants to return to Shenyang to find father
13-year-old girl runs away from home

父母离异之后 孩子跟着母亲来津 想回沈阳找爹 13岁女孩离家出走
Fùmǔ líyì zhīhòu háizi gēnzhe mǔqin lái jīn 
Xiǎng huí Shěnyáng zhǎo diē 
13 suì nǚhái líjiāchūzǒu

Father won't take her, mother won't send her, what can the child do?
爸爸不接妈妈不送 孩子咋办?
Bàba bù jiē māma bù sòng háizi zhābàn?

A 13-year-old girl who ran away from home said she's from the northeast and came to Tianjin for fun without telling anyone, but now has no money to return home.  As the police verified her story, they discovered the girl was telling lies -- her mother lives in Tianjin, and all the girl wants to do is to go to Shenyang to find her father.
一个离家出走的13岁女孩自称来自东北，偷偷来津游玩，现在无钱回家。民警经过核实，却发现女孩在撒谎，她的母亲就在天津生活，她只是因为想去沈阳找父亲。
Yī gè líjiāchūzǒu de 13 suì nǚhái zìchēng láizì dōngběi, tōutōu lái jīn yóuwán, xiànzài wú qián huíjiā. Mínjǐng jīngguò héshí, què fāxiàn nǚhái zài sāhuǎng, tā de mǔqin jiù zài Tiānjīn shēnghuó, tā zhǐshì yīnwèi xiǎng qù Shěnyáng zhǎo fùqin.

Police: Picked up the girl roaming the streets
警方：街上“捡”到流浪女孩 
Jǐngfāng: jiēshang “jiǎn” dào liúlàng nǚhái 

Yesterday afternoon, at a Hexi branch police station, a short young girl in the company of two female police officers happily was playing around with the office equipment. Catching sight of strangers, the girl became guarded, and when asked, recited her story from memory, saying she had come by train to Tianjin from Shenyang without telling anyone.  She came to Tianjin to find a friend, but her friend had already gone to Shenyang, she also wants to go there, but hasn't any money, so all she can do is roam the streets.  In order to make her story believable, she said she'd spent all the money she had, passed the days in the Tianjin Book Building, and at night found a place to sleep wherever she could.
昨天上午，公安河西分局大营门派出所的办公室内，一名身材不高的女孩在两名女警的陪同下，高兴地摆弄着室内的办公用品。见到了陌生人的女孩很警惕，有人询问，她立即背书似的说是偷偷从沈阳坐火车来天津的。来天津只为了见一个好朋友，现在朋友已经去沈阳了，她也想回去，可身上没有钱了，只能在外面流浪。为了让人相信，女孩还说，带在身上的钱都花光了，白天到图书大厦滞留，晚上则随便找个地方睡觉。
Zuótiān shàngwǔ, gōng'ān Héxī fēnjú dà yíng mén pàichūsuǒ de bàngōngshì nèi, yī̠ míng shēncái bù gāo de nǚhái zài liǎng míng nǚjǐng de péitóng xià, gāoxìng de bǎinongzhe shìnèi de bàngōng yòngpǐn. Jiàndàole mòshēngrén de nǚhái hěn jǐngtì, yǒurén xúnwèn, tā lìjí bèishū shìde shuōshì tōutōu cóng Shěnyáng zuò huǒchē lái Tiānjīn de. Lái Tiānjīn zhǐwèile jiàn yī gè hǎo péngyou, xiànzài péngyou yǐjing qù Shěnyáng le, tā yě xiǎng huíqu, kě shēnshang méiyǒu qián le, zhǐnéng zài wàimian liúlàng. Wèile ràngrén xiāngxìn, nǚhái hái shuō, dài zàishēn shàng de qián dōu huāguāng le, báitiān dào Túshū Dàshà zhìliú, wǎnshang zé suíbiàn zhǎo ge dìfang shuìjiào

But her clothing is neat and clean, her complexion is rosy, and she wasn't carrying any of things that street people usually do.  When anyone challenged her story, she said she had come to Tianjin because her schoolmate was sick and had gone to Tianjin for treatment, so she came to Tianjin to visit her, and now hasn't any money to return to Shenyang.  Police officers say they got a report about her on the afternoon of the 14th.  In order to help the girl quickly find her family, the police had no choice but to bring her to the police station.   Two female officers were assigned to look after her, and she got to know them a little, and finally the girl told them the name of her school and her full name. The officers quickly got in touch with the school in Panshi city (Jilin) and spoke to the school and her teacher, and the teacher said that this girl first arrived at fourth grade, attended for one semester only, and didn't return; she's heard that the parents had divorced and the girl had gone away with her mother to another city to attend school.
可她衣服整洁，脸色红润，身边也没有流浪儿童常有的必需物品等。面对众人的质疑，女孩又说是一个同学生病来津治疗，她来天津看望，现在没钱回沈阳了。大营门派出所民警表示，他们是14日下午接到的居民报警。为了尽快让女孩找到家人，民警也只好暂时将女孩带回派出所。派出所专门安排了两名女警照顾女孩，和女警熟悉点了，女孩这才说出自己的学校和父亲的姓名。民警赶忙和当地派出所以及女孩所说的磐石市的一所学校取得联系，并找到了女孩所在班级的老师，老师告诉民警，这个孩子在四年级时只上了一个学期就不来了，听说是孩子的父母离婚，孩子随母亲到外地上学了。
Kě tā yīfu zhěngjié, liǎnsè hóngrùn, shēnbiān yě méiyǒu liúlàng értóng chángyǒu de bìxū wùpǐn děng. Miànduì zhòngrén de zhìyí, nǚhái yòu shuōshì yī gè tóngxué shēngbìng lái jīn zhìliáo, tā lái Tiānjīn kànwàng, xiànzài méiqián huí Shěnyáng le. Dà yíng mén pàichūsuǒ mínjǐng biǎoshì, tāmen shì 14 rì xiàwǔ jiēdào de jūmín bàojǐng. Wèile jǐnkuài ràng nǚhái zhǎodào jiārén, mínjǐng yě zhị̌hǎo zànshí jiāng nǚhái dàihuí pàichūsuǒ. Pàichūsuǒ zhuānmén ānpáile liǎng míng nǚjǐng zhàogu nǚhái, hé nǚjǐng shúxī diǎn le, nǚhái zhè cái shuōchū zìjǐ de xuéxiào hé fùqin de xìngmíng. Mínjǐng gǎnmáng hé dāngdì pàichūsuǒ yǐjí nǚhái suǒ shuō de Pánshí shì de yī suǒ xuéxiào qǔdé liánxì, bìng zhǎodàole nǚhái suǒzài bānjí de lǎoshī, lǎoshī gàosu mínjǐng, zhège háizi zài sì-niánjí shí zhǐ shàngle yī gè xuéqī jiù bù lái le, tīngshuō shì háizi de fùmǔ líhūn, háizi suí mǔqin dào wàidì shàngxué le.

Father:  Very busy at work, don't have time to take her in.
父亲：工作太忙没时间去接 
Fùqin: gōngzuò tài máng méi shíjiān qù jiē 

Mother: Daughter has run away from home many times 
母亲：孩子曾多次离家出走 
Mǔqin: háizi céng duōcì líjiāchūzǒu 

Source: 《每日新报》2012-03-16 第B9版 "爸爸不接妈妈不送 孩子咋办?"  online

Wang Zhiyou: Public Benefit Beggar
  “义丐王志友”  "Yì gài Wáng Zhìyǒu." 
 
"I only wish to beg out of compassion, to do my best to help these orphaned children." On October 12, near Nanchang's Army Day Square, there was a middle-aged man dressed in a long yellow traditional Chinese gown and a square paper hat; he was wearing this strange costume to attract the attention of passersby.  During an interview, the reporter learned that this man was the person known on the internet as "Wang Zhiyou: Public Benefit Beggar."
“我只希望通过爱心乞讨，尽可能地帮助那些孤苦伶仃的孩子。”12日，在南昌市八一广场附近，一名身着黄大褂、头戴方形纸帽的中年男子，以怪异的打扮引起了行人关注。记者采访了解到，这名男子就是在网络上流传的“义丐王志友”。"Wǒ zhǐ xīwàng tōngguò àixīn qítǎo, jìnkěnéng dì bāngzhù nàxiē gūkǔlíngdīng de háizi." 12 rì, zài Nánchāng shì Bā-Yì guángchǎng fùjìn, yì míng shēnzhe huáng dàguà, tóu dài fāngxíng zhǐ mào de zhōngnián nánzǐ, yǐ guàiyì de dǎbàn yínqǐ le xíngrén guānzhù.  Jìzhě cáifǎng le jiědào, zhè míng nánzǐ jiù shì zài wǎngluò shàng liúchuán de "Yì gài Wáng Zhìyǒu." 

[Photo: Man performs public benefit by begging for financial aid  for orphaned children  男子公益行乞资助贫困孩子 Nánzǐ gōngyì xíngqǐ zīzhù pínkùn háizi]

On October 12, at 2 p.m., the reporter saw Wang Zhiyou.  There was an empty steel jar in front of him, and spread out on the ground was a heart-shaped piece of cardboard that read "Compassion fills the world", he looked like a beggar. The stream of passersby seemed not to understand this strangely-dressed beggar.
记者是在12日14时许看到王志友的。在他面前放着一个空铁罐，地上铺着一张“爱心满世界”的红色心形卡纸，一副乞讨的样子。行人路过，纷纷对他装扮怪异地行乞感到不解。Jìzhě shì zài 12 rì 14 shí xǔ kàndào Wáng Zhìyǒu de. Zài tā miànqián fàngzhe yí gè kōng tiěguàn, dìshàng pūzhe yì zhāng "àixīn mǎn shìjiè" de hóngsè xīnxíng kǎzhǐ, yí fù qítǎo de yàngzi. Xíngrén lùguò, fēnfēn duì tā zhuāngbàn guàiyì dì xíngqǐ gǎndào bùjiě. 

Wang Zhiyou told the reporter he is from Heilongjiang's Jidong county, he's 41 years old, "I've been to more than 10 provinces to beg, my goal is to subsidize poor orphaned children."  When the reporter questioned his motivation, he pulled out his ID papers, along with many media reports about himself.
王志友告诉记者，他是黑龙江省鸡东县人，今年41岁。“我先后走过十多个省进行公益乞讨，目的是为了资助那些孤苦伶仃的孩子。”面对记者的质疑，他还拿出了自己的身份证，以及诸多媒体的相关报道。Wáng Zhìyǒu gàosu jìzhě, tā shì Hēilóngjiāng shěng Jīdōng xiàn rén, jīnnián 41 suì. "Wǒ xiān-hòu zǒuguò shí duō gè shěng jìnxíng gōngyì qítǎo, mùdì shì wèile zīzhù nàxiē gūkǔlíngdīng de háizi." Miànduì jìzhě de zhìyí, tā hái náchū le zìjǐ de shēnfènzhèng, yǐjí zhūduō méitǐ de xiāngguān bàodào.

Wang Zhiyou said that when he was young he lost both parents, and became an orphan, but luckily two old people who themselves had no children took him in and raised him, and that is how he grew up.  Going through the experience of misfortune has caused him to take the path of public benefit begging. "I believe there are many, many orphaned children who need help, they are in great difficulty, we all should extend a helping hand."
王志友说，他自幼父母双亡，自己成了孤儿后，幸亏两位孤寡老人喂养，才长大成人。正是有过这样的遭遇和经历，才使他决定走上公益乞讨之路，“我觉得现在需要帮助的贫困孩子很多，他们确确实实困难，需要大家伸出援手 ”Wáng Zhìyǒu shuō, tā zìyòu fùmǔ shuāngwáng, zìjǐ chéngle gū'ér hòu, xìngkuī liǎng wèi gūguǎ lǎorén wèiyǎng, cái zhǎngdà chéngrén. Zhèngshì yǒu guò zhèyàng de zāoyù hé jīnglì, cái shǐ tā juédìng zǒushàng gōngyì qítǎo zhī lù, "wǒ juédé xiànzài xūyào bāngzhù de pínkùn háizi hěn duō, tāmen quèquèshíshí kùnnan, xūyào dàjiā shēnchū yuánshǒu. 

Leafing through the Wang Zhiyou's materials, the reporter found that he has been begging in various places in three northeastern provinces, he also has appeared in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hefei, Changsha, he's been to more than ten provinces and cities.
记者翻阅相关媒体关于王志友的报道发现，他先后在东北三省各地行乞，也出现在北京、上海、南京、合肥、长沙等地，行踪遍及十余省市。Jìzhě fānyuè xiāngguān méitǐ guānyú Wáng Zhìyǒu de bàodào fāxiàn, tā xiān-hòu zài dōngběi sān shěng gè dì xíngqǐ, yě chūxiàn zài Běijīng, Shànghǎi, Nánjīng, Héféi, Chángshā děng dì, xíngzōng biànjí shí yú shěng shì. 

The money gotten from street begging is not much, and scratching out a living this way is harmful to one's health. But through it all, Wang Zhiyou has persisted in begging, and other than having to take medicine when he is ill, he's unwilling to spend any of the money he obtains from begging.  After so many years on the streets, he says he's gotten help from a lot of kind-hearted citizens, "Not long ago in Hefei, a man who owns a business saw how downtrodden I was and gave me a cell phone, and also paid the usage fees.  In Nanchang, a person from the countryside saw what I was trying to achieve, he paid for my telephone fees, I am really grateful to them." 
当街乞讨收入微薄，风餐露宿也有害身体。但尽管如此，王志友还是坚持乞讨，除了生病要吃药，他基本上不舍得花一分乞讨来的钱。这么多年在路上，他说自己得到了不少好心人的帮助，“前不久在合肥乞讨的时候，一个做生意的老板见我如此落魄，送了一部手机给我，还给我交了话费。在南昌，有个老乡看过我的事迹，就给我交了电话费，我很谢谢他们。”   Dāngjiē qítǎo shōurù wēibó, fēngcānlùsù yě yǒuhài shēntǐ. Dàn jínguǎn rúcǐ, Wáng Zhìyǒu háishì jiānchí qítǎo, chúle shēngbìng yào chīyào, tā jīběnshàng bù shědé huā yì fēn qítǎo lái de qián. Zhè me duō nián zài lù shang, tā shuō zìjǐ dédào le bùshǎo hǎoxīn rén de bāngzhù, "qiánbùjiǔ zài Héféi qítǎo de shíhou, yí gè zuò shēngyi de láobǎn jiàn wǒ rúcǐ luòbó, sòngle yí bù shǒujī gěi wǒ, hái gěi wǒ jiāole huàfèi. Zài Nánchāng, yǒu gè lǎoxiāng kànguò wǒ de shìjì, jiù gěi wǒ jiāole diànhuà fèi, wǒ hěn xièxiè tāmen."  

"I've just come from Changsha, a stranger saw how difficult my situation was, and gave me 100 yuan [about $16.00] for hotel expenses, but I stayed out on the streets and slept in the open.  Any money I save can be given to the children."  Wang Zhiyou told the reporter he's been begging for 15 years, and the money he's earned by begging has helped more than 20 orphans.  Then he took out a pile of receipts and a savings account passbook, and a stack of photos with himself and the children,  "Every penny goes to the children, everyone I help writes up a receipt.  I've donated more than 50,000 yuan [about $8000.00] over 15 years. Some of the children stay in touch, they always are very thankful, no matter how small my contribution." 
“我刚刚从长沙过来，一个陌生人见我不容易，给了我一百元，让我住店，但我还是露宿街头。钱省下来，可以捐给孩子。”王志友告诉记者，他行乞已有15年，靠行乞得来的钱捐助过20多个孩子。紧接着，他拿出了一叠收据和存折，还有一大沓他和孩子们在一起的照片，“每笔钱捐出去，我都会让受助对象写凭据。15年来，我已经捐了5万多。有些孩子现在还跟我联系，他们一直感谢我，尽管我的帮助很微薄。” "Wǒ gānggāng cóng Chángshā guòlái, yí gè mòshēng rénjiàn wǒ bù róngyì, gěile wǒ yì bǎi yuán, ràng wǒ zhùdiàn, dàn wǒ háishì lùsù jiētóu. Qián shěng xiàlái, kéyǐ juān gěi háizi." Wáng Zhìyǒu gàosu jìzhě, tā xíngqǐ yǐ yǒu 15 nián, kào xíngqǐ dé lái de qián juānzhù guò 20 duō gè háizi. Jǐnjiēzhe， tā náchū le yì dié shōujù hé cúnzhé, hái yǒu yí dà tà tā hé háizimen zài yìqǐ de zhàopiàn, "měi bǐ qián juānchū qu, wǒ dōu huì ràng shòu zhù duìxiàng xiě píngjù. 15 nián lái, wǒ yǐjīng juānle 5 wàn duō. Yǒuxiē háizi xiànzài hái gēn wǒ liánxì, tāmen yì zhí gǎnxiè wǒ, jínguǎn wǒ de bāngzhù hěn wēibó." 

Although 15 years of begging is a hard way to go, Wang Zhiyou says he plans to keep on doing it, "As long as I'm alive, every day I can help someone, and that gives me the greatest joy."
虽然15年的乞讨之路走得很艰难，但王志友表示，会坚持走下去，“只要活着一天，能帮一个人，就是我最大的快乐。”Suīrán 15 nián de qítǎo zhī lù zǒu dé hěn jiānnán, dàn Wáng Zhìyǒu biǎoshì， huì jiānchí zǒu xiàqu, "zhǐ yào huózhe yì tiān, néng bāng yí gè rén, jiù shì wǒ zuì dà de kuàilè." 

Usually, whenever he arrives in a city, Wang Zhiyou begs for one month, and in Nanchang it's no different.  He says he dresses strangely in order to attract the attention of passersby, and although he is not greeted with much understanding, he's going to persist in talking about compassion.  Around 6 p.m. on the day he spoke to the reporter, Wang Zhiyou said that on the first day he was begging in Nanchang, he received 19.2 yuan [about $3.00], and someone bought him a meal.
通常，每到一个城市，王志友会公益行乞一个月，这次来南昌也是一样。他说自己的怪异装扮，就是为了吸引眼球，虽然没得到多少理解，但他还是坚持传播爱心。当日18时许，王志友告诉记者，在南昌行乞的第一天，他讨到了19.2元钱，还有人为他买了一盒饭菜。Tōngcháng, měi dào yí gè chéngshì, Wáng Zhìyǒu huì gōngyì xíngqǐ yí gè yuè， zhècì lái Nánchāng yě shì yíyàng. Tā shuō zìjǐ de guàiyì zhuāngbàn, jiù shì wèile xīyǐn yǎnqiú, suīrán méi dédào duōshǎo líjiě, dàn tā háishì jiānchí chuánbō àixīn. Dāng rì 18 shí xǔ, Wáng Zhìyǒu gàosu jìzhě, zài Nánchāng xíngqǐ de dì-yì tiān, tā tǎodào le 19.2 yuán qián, hái yǒu rén wéi tā mǎile yì hé fàncài. 

Wang Zhiyou says he will give all the contributions to the needy children, and he emphasizes to all who donate that it's necessary to help the kids "either because of serious illnesses, or extreme family poverty." Even if he can't contribute very much, at least he can go to the hospital to visit them, and that makes him happy.
王志友说，会将路人给的义款捐献给需要的孩子。对于捐助对象，他强调必须是需要帮助的贫困孩子，“要么病重的，要么家庭极度贫困的。”虽然捐助多少还不能确定，但至少能去医院看望一下，他也会觉得快乐。
Wáng Zhìyǒu shuō, huì jiāng lùrén gěi de yì kuǎn juānxiàn gěi xūyào de háizi. Duì yú juānzhù duìxiàng, tā qiángdiào bìxū shì xūyào bāngzhù de pínkùn háizi，"yàome bìngzhòng de, yàome jiātíng jí dù pínkùn de." Suīrán juānzhù duōshǎo hái bùnéng quèdìng, dàn zhìshǎo néng qù yīyuàn kànwàng yíxià, tā yě huì juédé kuàilè. 

Finally, he asked the reporter to publicize his cell phone number, to make it convenient for the children who need financial support to contact him; the number is "15970666479" ... Also, readers can contact this newspaper at: 0791-86849117, 86849684.
最后，他还特意要求记者公布他的手机号码，方便需要捐助的孩子跟他联系，电话号码为“15970666479”；此外，也可以拨打本报热线联系：0791-86849117, 86849684.  Zuìhòu, tā hái tèyì yāoqiú jìzhě gōngbù tā de shǒujī hàomǎ, fāngbiàn xūyào juānzhù de háizi gēn tā liánxì, diàn huà hàomǎ wéi "15970666479"; cǐwài, yě kéyǐ bōdǎ běnbào rèxiàn liánxì: 0791-86849117, 86849684. 

Source: 《新华网》2011-10/13: "男子公益行乞15年资助20余名贫困孩子" online

(流浪儿 liúlàng'ér)

They were living on the streets of Tianjin, some didn't know, or didn't care to tell, their family names or where they were from ... In early January 2011, to coincide with the festive and generous mood of the New Year celebrations, Tianjin's Morning Post《每日新报》, and the Tianjin Childcare and Education Center (天津市流浪儿童保护教育中心 Tiānjīn shì liúlàng értóng bǎohù jiàoyù zhōngxīn), launched a joint campaign to reunite nine homeless boys [photo] with their families ...

Dubbed "Spring Warmth" (“暖春” 活动 “Nuǎn Chūn” huódòng), the campaign positioned the boys as missing their parents and wanting to return to their own homes, while connecting their story to the most important Chinese holiday of the year, the Spring Festival, a time when children of all ages and from all over China return home to be with their families:

"Soon the Spring Festival will be here, and these homeless boys in our city miss their parents, and want to return to their own homes ... [This newspaper] has joined with the Tianjin Childcare and Education Center in a "Spring Warmth" campaign  to help these children return home." ... 
马上要过春节了，城市里的流浪儿童好想父母，好想回自己的家。《每日新报》联手发起帮助流浪儿童找家“暖春”活动——送孩子们回家。Mǎshàng yào guò Chūnjié le，chéngshì lǐ de liúlàng'ér tóng hǎo xiǎng fùmǔ，hǎo xiǎng huí zìjǐ de jiā. 《Měirì xīn bào》liánshǒu fāqǐ bāngzhù liúlàng'ér tóng zhǎo jiā “nuǎn chūn”huódòng——sòng háizimen huíjiā...

At the Childcare and Education Center, the boys were assigned teachers (not welfare caseworkers); the prominence of the word "Education" in the Center's official title strongly suggests the central concern is for the continuity of the children's education, not their economic welfare, and that the true crisis (for society and for the homeless children) lies in the lack of parental guidance, the cornerstone of early childhood education ...

The boys were given every opportunity to reconnect with family traditions, and to be exposed to suitable role models, such as teachers and successful peers ... They were interviewed by a ten-year-old child reporter from the Tianjin Children's Television Network, who brought gifts and said he felt he knew the boys because he'd seen pictures of them in the papers, and decided "he just had to do something for them" ("我就想一定要为他们做些事情"  "Wǒ jiù xiǎng yīdìng yào wèi tāmen zuò xiē shìqing”）... This being the Year of the Rabbit, the boys were encouraged by their teachers to perform street dances (跳街舞 tiào jiē wǔ), and to sing themed children's songs, such as "Little White Rabbit" (《小白兔》) ... 

The "Spring Warmth" campaign was vigorous and sustained ... The headline for a follow-up story that ran more than a month later (published on January 29th) was "Clues found as children search for homes" 
（”小宝找家  有线索啦“  “Xiǎo bǎo zhǎo jiā  Yǒu xiànsuǒ lā”）, and the feature article carried this upbeat headline: "More than 20 families vie for the 9 darlings" （9个都是宝  20多家抢着要  9 gè dōu shì bǎo  20 duō jiā qiǎng zhe yào）...

These families said they were willing to accept the homeless children into their homes, inviting them to spend the spring festival together with their (only) child   [Note: the one-child policy in China has now been in effect for more than 30 years] ... 
表示愿意接流浪儿到自己的家中，和自己的独生子女一同过大年  Biǎoshì yuànyi jiē liúlàng'ér dào zìjǐ de jiāzhōng，hé zìjǐ de dúshēng zǐnǚ yītóng guòdà nián ...

In addition to the prospect of being placed with a foster family, the children could hope that readers would help identify them or their families ... A teacher from the Center joyously told the reporter that a migrant worker named Ms. Liu had just called in with an important clue: she said recognized one of the boys, he was from her village in Hebei Province, and she gave the teacher the boy's family's name ("Chang"), and said she'd often seen him at play in the village ...
昨天，保教中心的老师欣喜地告诉记者，小宝的信息登报后，一位在天津打工的姓刘的女士向中心提供了重要线索。 刘女士说：“我在河北省...见到过小宝，我们是一个村的。他是一家姓常的人家的孩子，我总能看到他在村西头玩儿。” Zuótiān，bǎojiào zhōngxīn de lǎoshī xīnxǐ de gàosu jìzhě, xiǎo bǎo de xìnxī dēngbào hòu，yī wèi zài Tiānjīn dǎgōng de xìng Liú de nǚshì xiàng zhōngxīn tígōng le zhòngyào xiànsuǒ.  Yī wèi zài Tiānjīn dǎgōng de xìng Liú de nǚshì xiàng zhōngxīn tígōng le zhòngyào xiànsuǒ. Liú nǚshì shuō：“Wǒ zài Héběi shěng...jiàndào guò xiǎo bǎo，wǒmen shì yī gè cūn de. Tā shì yījiā xìng Cháng de rénjia de háizi，wǒ zǒng néng kàndào tā zài cūn xītóu wánr. ”

But for this Lost Boy, all did not come up roses: When the Center contacted the village in Hebei Province, the Party representative quickly pointed out that more than 5,000 people live in the area, and it was difficult to confirm whether the boy actually was from their village ...
接到消息，市保教中心立刻与孙正庄村取得联系。该村村支书表示，村子有5000多人，很难认识到每一个村民，不能确定小宝是这里的孩子。Jiēdào xiāoxi，shì bǎojiào zhōngxīn lìkè yǔ Sūn Zhèng Zhuāng cūn qǔdé liánxì. Gāi cūn cūn zhīshū biǎoshì，cūnzi yǒu 5000 duō rén，hěn nán rènshi dao měi yī gè cūnmín，bùnéng quèdìng xiǎo bǎo shì zhèlǐ de háizi...

Of this news, the reporter remarked, somewhat matter-of-factly, "As of now the work of finding homes for these children continues to be implemented" ... 
目前，现在小宝的找家工作正在落实中  Mùqián，xiànzài xiǎo bǎo de zhǎo jiā gōngzuò zhèngzài luòshí zhōng...

One of the boys, named Tongtong (潼潼 Tóngtóng), was interviewed by the Tianjin Morning Post:

"Yesterday, Tongtong wore a yellow coat, grey padded cotton pants, and a pair of matching red shoes, and he looked neat and adorable"   ...
昨天，潼潼穿上了黄色的上衣、灰色的棉裤，再配上一双红鞋，整洁而可爱。Zuótiān，Tóngtóng chuānshang le huángsè de shàngyī, huīsè de miánkù，zài pèishàng yī shuāng hóngxié，zhěngjié ér kě'ài.

"Recalling how he spent past Spring Festivals on his own, Tongtong spoke with great feeling: 'Do you know how I celebrated the New Year last year?  In a huge snowfall, by the side of the road, all alone. Today I have friends, like Tang Yiping, we are the best of buddies.'"
回想起自己到处流浪的春节，潼潼有些激动：“你知道我去年是怎么过年的吗？  ... 下着大雪，我在路边儿，当时就我一个人。...今年有大伙儿陪我，还有唐一平，我们俩最要好了。Huíxiǎng qǐ zìjǐ dàochù liúlàng de Chūnjié，Tóngtóng yǒuxiē jīdòng:  “Nǐ zhīdao wǒ qùnián shì zěnme guònián de ma? Xià zhe dàxuě，wǒ zài lùbiānr，dāngshí jiù wǒ yī gèrén.Jīnnián yǒu dàhuǒr péi wǒ，háiyǒu Táng Yīpíng，wǒmen liǎ zuì yàohǎo le." ...

When the reporter asked him, "This year, would you like to spend the new year with a kind-hearted family?" 
Tongtong at once nodded his head, and then, as if lost in thought, looked straight ahead ... 
”当记者问：“今年春节愿意去好心的叔叔阿姨家过吗？潼潼马上点点头，之后若有所思地看着前面。Dāng jìzhě wèn：“Jīnnián Chūnjié yuànyi qù hǎoxīn de shūshu āyí jiā guò ma？Tóngtóng mǎshàng diǎndian tóu，zhīhòu ruòyǒusuǒsī de kànzháo qiánmian.

Sources: 《每日新报》20110129 “小宝找家  有线索啦” （第17版 "9个都是宝  20多家抢着要“)，and web-based news version