Can you picture a small girl of eight who never smiles unless she’s happy? Who expresses her feelings, whether it’s polite to or not. Who could have the biggest tantrum in the world, or the biggest smile. Well if you can, then lucky for you. If you can’t, then it’s worth coming to Mongolia just to see a little girl named A Miulder and her falcon.
Playing with her became the highlight of my trip to the Altai mountains. We played balloon animals: one man at our ger camp named Sanjay happened to have a whole lot of balloon animals in his pocket and gave us more than five to play with. He made a dog, a horse, and then let me make a camel as well. He also let my sister make a giraffe, and A Miulder make an animal of her own. We drew on them, chased each other around on them, and then just played with them as well. She smiled so much when playing with them.
She also had her frowny times though. When she first came everyone huddled around her and she didn’t seem so happy then. She just looked like she wanted to get away. Also, when she came to the golden eagle festival she was happy to watch, and would rather do that than sit there being entertainment, asking for money. Also when she had to pose for twenty photos, you could see in all of them she didn’t want to stand still, and would rather be running around.
Another thing I loved about this girl was how much she cared for all of the things and people she loved. Her uncle for example. When she came to our ger camp, (the place that we were staying,) her uncle came with her and whenever she felt uncomfortable, she looked for her uncle for help. And you could tell how much her uncle cared for her too. She also loved her falcon more than anything. When she came to our ger camp, she came with her baby falcon. When she was really smiling (most of the time), she was smiling with her falcon. You could really tell that Falcon was part of her heart.
Playing with balloon animals, and watching how kind the little girl was fun and touching, I would definitely love to go and see many girls like her around the world.
