Her tiny little palm rested on the cold spotless glass window, her fingers tapping to a tune inside her head.
Her head tilted from one side, to the other slowly, giving away her excitement and eagerness to get her eyes on everything possible. The sparkle in her eyes got brighter, until it turned into a twinkle. The head stopped oscillating from left to right, and now was tilted sideways on the right.
The mischief filled brown eyes had spotted something, perhaps. The pupils were glued on to something on the other side of the glass now.
And in that moment, the fingers stopped tapping, breathing was put on hold, the world ceased to exist, and the earth stood still.
That very brief moment, something sparkled in the pair of those naive eyes. A smiled crept across the cherry lips, very slowly. A dimple dug a dent in the rosy cheeks.
The preciousness of the expression was something beyond words, something right out of a fantasy.
But a brief moment it was, nevertheless.
A brief moment, before the stilled lashes quivered slightly, and the smile crept away as slowly as it came. The head was straight up now.
Her chubby little hand reached out for the little blue pocket on her yellow dress, her eyes still glued. Something clinked, before she drew a clenched fist back out. The gaze was broken as the eyes lowered to stare at the florid palm stretched out, revealing a few randomly placed metal pieces- almost worthless.
She raised her head once again, and looked across the pane; the twinkle gone. The brown little eyes took a last good look, before letting out a muted sigh.
The gaze lowered to the palm again, and a bruised smile flickered for a split second only. The ruddy palm tilted sideways, followed by loud clinks as the metal touched the pavement.
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