Kids are given one less plane ticket than there are members of their family, and their responses are heartwarming.
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This story of a three-year-old girl surviving over a week and a half in the woods with her pet dog has taken the Japanese Internet by storm, and is sure to give you a case of the warm fuzzies.
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