The child looked with big googly eyes at her counterpart in the pram. He stared back with a look mixed with curiosity and excitement, hands shuffling to push himself a little forward on his seat.
She tugged her mother’s arm, and the woman glanced down at her, instinctively spotting the object of her child’s fascination. She beamed proudly and warmly, beckoning her to go forward and say the proverbial ‘Hi!’.
The woman with the pram stopped ruffling through the T-shirts in the rack, and bent down so as to be next to her child.
‘She wants to say hi to you!’, she whispered excitedly.
He leaned forward and grabbed the banister of his pram, bringing himself closer to the girl who was now toddling over to him.
With awkward, confident steps, she approached him. Then, stopping in front of him, she opened her arms.
‘Awww…’ both mothers exclaimed spontaneously with affection.
‘Come on, give her a hug!’
He opened his arms in return, and she stepped closer. She embraced him tightly and he did likewise.
Then, glancing upward as if savouring the moment, she bit him on the cheek.
THE END
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