Smiling into the camera, four-year-old Katerina looks like any proud child with her pet. But the little Russian girl, dubbed 'Mowgli' girl in fact owes her life to the Alsatian puppy after they got lost together in the Siberian wilderness - where she then survived for 12 days and nights. Karina Chikitova became lost with her pet after following her father into a snowy Siberian forest full of wolves and bears in October last year. Naida had been keeping Karina warm at night but after nine days returned home to summon help. Rescuers found her footprint three days later next to a paw print near a river, where they had drunk water. So the emergency workers knew they were in the right area of the Sakha Republic, Russia's largest region and only slightly smaller than India.
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Karina Chitkova was three when she became lost in the Siberian woods
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'Why did you leave me?' she asked her puppy when they were reunited
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The pair became lost after following Karina's father into the  wilderness
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Naida the puppy kept her warm, before returning to the village to get help
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She was severely malnourished when rescuers found her near a river
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Now, the  four-year-old is preparing for Christmas in her home village
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Her grandmother says she's alive because 'she's not scared of the forest'
On the mend: @placeholder drew this picture of an elephant during the five weeks she spent recovering in hospital after her ordeal
'@placeholder herself is a very strong girl, has a strong-willed character.