A small girl with a big pink backpack climbs to the top of the bus. She squeaks as her small mother hauls her close. The girl turns round, both hands clutching the seat-back, and smiles through her lashes at the woman behind.
Her eyes wander, her tongue pokes out the side, she closes her mouth and uses her tongue to stretch and distort the curve beneath her mouth.
There’s so much you can do with a face.