Chinese toddler survives on his own for five days on tap water after grandfather dies
Three-year-old boy found by a relative who went to the house to borrow tools
A three-year-old boy survived on his own for five days on just tap water after his grandfather died at their home in a village in southern China, according to a local newspaper.
The toddler was found by a relative on Friday morning lying unconscious near the body of his 66-year-old grandfather, Wei Ximing, at the village in Shangli county, in the Guangxi region, Nanguo Morning Post reported.
Wei’s cousin, Wei Jingyu, said she discovered the boy when she visited the house to borrow some farm tools, according to the report on Sunday.
The 72-year-old said no one answered when she called out as she arrived, and there was water coming downstairs from the second floor of the house.
“My cousin was lying on the floor near his bed,” Wei Jingyu told the newspaper.
She said the toddler was next to his grandfather and barely breathing so she carried him out to the neighbours for help.
