In 2014, a 3-year-old girl and dog went missing at the same time abroad.

A statue of a little girl and her dog stands in Yakutsk, Russia, and there is a touching story behind this tiny statue: the story is about a 3-year-old girl named Karina and her dog Neda.

Karina was born in an ordinary family in the Siberian region of Russia to working parents who were busy at work. The responsibility of accompanying Karina fell on the family's pet dog, Naida. However, on July 29, 2014, when Karina's parents came home from work, they learned from their panicked babysitter that their child and dog had disappeared, and the news was like a bolt from the blue, making them feel spinning.

A. Eleven days of searching

Shortly after Karina's father drove to work, Karina, who had just woken up, made a dangerous decision: "Take the dog with us to look for him at his workplace! So she quietly pushes open the half-buried door and, without her nanny's knowledge, starts the "father search".

However, the journey is not as simple as Karina thought, she and the dog are lost in the Siberian forest, in the process of anxiously looking for a way out deeper and deeper. At this time, the busy parents were unaware of all this.

After work, the couple came home as usual, but instead of seeing their lovely daughter and the dog circling them, there was only an anxious and frightened babysitter and the bad news that came out of her mouth - their daughter was missing.

To make matters worse, the nanny had no idea how Karina had left the house. At the same time, the dog was also missing, and they decided that Karina might have disappeared together with the dog.

The couple was very anxious, as this area is close to the forest and is often infested with wild animals, and a three-year-old child and a dog would not be able to escape safely if they encountered a large animal such as a bear. After twenty-four hours of continuous searching on their own to no avail, the couple went to the local police station and reported to the police.

The couple called the police and then called the villagers together to look for the missing child and dog, a total number of more than a hundred people search and rescue operations began rapidly. Time passed, however, in this vast Siberian forest to find a child is not an easy task, and Karina has been missing for nine days, more than seventy-two hours of the golden rescue time.

According to reports, the Siberian forests in northeast Russia are infested with wolves and bears from time to time. Coupled with the complex terrain and harsh environment of the Siberian forests, the possibility that the child could survive is slim at this time of year when the nighttime temperature is only 6°C.

However, even so, no one was willing to give up this cute and understanding child, and the relevant departments decided to use unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and another high-tech search again, but the results were still desperate.

In response, Karina's parents were on the verge of collapse, and the nanny blamed herself for not being able to take care of her little master. "If I could have been with Karina more and taken care of her, maybe she wouldn't have gotten lost."

Unfortunately, "if" can only express remorse, it is no way to reverse the end.

The search time has been extended to eleven days, not only Karina's parents, but the villagers are also in despair, eleven days of search and rescue did not even find a clue, and everyone is not willing to let a three-year-old child evaporate from this point on earth, but perhaps the truth is that people guess Karina may have been killed in the forest full of danger, no bones. Compared to this, people prefer that she was picked up by others, at least there is a ray of hope.

The mountain is heavy, but the village is bright

At the time when Karina's parents were grief-stricken and everyone felt like they were going nowhere, a skinny dog anxiously scratched the door and wailed towards its mistress, and all eyes gathered on the dirty, skinny, bony dog.

"It's Neda! It's Neda!" Karina's mother exclaimed.

The puppy Neda was holding the headband that her daughter Karina was wearing on the day she disappeared. The dog eagerly circled and wailed, seeing its anxious look, everyone's heart rekindled the fire of hope, this dog and Karina are the closest, maybe the dog knows where the child is, so especially come to ask for help!

Everyone hurriedly put on the search and rescue tools to follow the dog to the forest. They traveled through the vast forest, weeds, rocks, and some animal carcasses covered the forest, seeing these all again for Karina's sweat. A group of people followed Neda hard search for three days but still did not find Karina.

Some people could not help but question whether the dog had forgotten where Karina was. Despite this speculation, the dog and everyone else did not want to stop the search.

Finally, they found the dog's paw prints and some small footprints along the riverbed. Everyone cried for joy, there was a clue! There was a high probability that Karina had been here! So, everyone began to search in earnest near the riverbed.

After a careful search, in a grass hole, twenty meters from the riverbed found the sleeping Karina. Karina's hair was disheveled and withered, just like weeds, the former white skin turned into a serious lack of nutrients waxy yellow, only the heaving chest to prove that she still has signs of life.

At this point, the father carefully picked up the light as a ball of cotton Karina, tears flowed, and everyone present began to cry! At that moment, the person who found Karina recalled: "She was so small, so light, like lint. She was terrified and her face, legs, and arms were bleeding from mosquito bites."

At the sight of their fading child, her parents were happy to see her again after a long time, but more than that, they were worried about her health and regretted that they had spent little time with their child, causing her to wander off. After a series of emergency measures, little Karina finally opened her eyes in a daze.

Karina was then promptly taken to the hospital for treatment, and the dog was carried to the car by its owner to recover her strength. Doctors said the child was weak due to prolonged hunger and thankfully, not life-threatening.

It is not easy to survive in that dangerous, endless forest without any equipment and food, let alone for a three-year-old girl and an ordinary Siberian dog. So, how did they last for eleven days? Everyone was amazed and incredulous.

Third, the god dog Neda gave himself to protect his master

Under the careful care and companionship of her family, Karina's frail body gradually recovered. The three-year-old child could already remember, and the little girl, who had recovered her strength, intermittently recalled everything she and the dog had experienced in the forest.

At first, the dog thought her little master was taking her for a walk in the forest, and she jumped and followed her master, occasionally sniffing the grass or rubbing the trunk of a tree. As they walked for a long time, Karina also did not find her father, and the sky is getting darker, Karina began to get nervous, trying to lead the dog to find the way home, all the trees and grass are almost the same, they can not find the exit but deeper and deeper.

Weeds cut Karina's delicate skin, rocks tripped her, Karina panicked and pain, can not help but let out a cry. Seeing the sad and helpless little master, the dog also sensed that the situation is not good, the dog Neda let Karina lie on their own, with their own heavy fur for the little master's insulation.

During the day, the dog relies on its keen sense of smell to find water and wild fruits to maintain the life and strength of the master, so that the master can survive. Later, Karina followed the dog to find the exit, but because of physical exhaustion, fainted on the way. Seeing the master who had passed out, Naida seemed to realize that the master was about to die, so she picked up the little master's head rope left on the ground and ran wildly in the direction of home.

People even heard Kalina say that Naida fought with a dog bigger than herself, and they deduced that the so-called "dog" might be a coyote in the forest and that Naida had bravely fought off the coyote to protect Kalina before she was injured. It turned out that Karina could spend the eleven days safely, all because of the dog's protection.

Hearing the child's account, Karina's parents looked tenderly at the dog who had just regained his strength with red eyes, repeating thanks under their breath.

It is understood that the dog has been with Karina since she was born, accompanying Karina from toddler to lively and jumpy. As Karina's parents are busy, the dog has naturally become a close friend to Karina. In addition to being an attentive companion in a comfortable environment, in a dangerous situation, he put his own life and death on the line, protecting his little master with his life.

Fourth, we are a family, inseparable

Since the last thrilling experience, the story of Karina and her beloved dog has been heard by many people and has brought many people to tears. Locals have built a statue of the girl and the dog in Yakutsk, Russia, and have published several children's books about Karina.

Karina and the dog grew up with her family by her side. Later, Karina fell in love with ballet and aspired to become a great dancer, and in 2020, she visited the world's top ballerinas in Moscow, starting the path to her dream. During this time, even though she was busy with school, Karina would return home to her parents and dog during the holidays.

Today, Karina is an eleven-year-old girl, and Neda is aging day by day. Although this dog, which once fought bravely and sheltered its master for more than ten days in the forest full of crises, is not as sharp and sensitive as before, no one dislikes it because of its aging, because Naida has long been part of this family and is inseparable!