At first, Daniels thought Max had spotted something in the bags stacked by the conveyor belt. But then he followed his dog\u2019s eyes\u2014to a small child holding a teddy bear.<\/p>\n
She couldn\u2019t have been more than five. Red curls poked out from beneath a bright yellow bucket hat. Her sparkly pink raincoat shone against the gray of the rainy afternoon. In her arms, she clutched a teddy bear that looked like it had survived hundreds of hugs and maybe a few adventures: beige fur worn thin, one button eye missing, its belly threadbare.<\/p>\n
The little girl stood between a man and a woman\u2014her parents, presumably\u2014waiting in line just like everyone else.<\/p>\n
But Max didn\u2019t see what everyone else saw. He saw something unusual.<\/h3>\n
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