The little girl stood quietly, holding onto the edge of the coffin. No one expected much from her — at that age, people believed children didn’t yet understand what death meant.

At the very end of the ceremony, the girl was brought closer to the coffin. She looked at her father for a long time. At first silently, then she frowned, and suddenly — she screamed out in despair:

Her voice was so filled with anguish that the entire room froze.

She reached toward her father’s face, gently stroked his cheek, and through tears kept repeating:

— Daddy, wake up! Don’t sleep! Daddy, open your eyes!

Some lowered their heads, thinking it was just a tragic outburst from a