The boy was immediately prepared for surgery. The doctors worked with extreme caution: any wrong move could cause bleeding.

When the rusty, sharp nail was finally in the surgeon’s hands, the entire team sighed in relief. The child had miraculously survived.

But the main questions remained unanswered: how could a nine-year-old boy swallow a nail?

After the operation, a psychologist and a social worker tried to talk to him. At first the boy was silent, staring stubbornly at the floor, and then he quietly said in a trembling voice:

— Dad said… I have to… if I don’t, something bad will happen to me