Then her heart sank as she saw a man pulling a cart with a child in it from afar. She slowed down, stopped, and met the child's eyes.
Without many words, she gave the child a doll and the father a loaf. She continued trudging.
She tried to console her daughter that night and made a delicious dinner with some leftovers.
Distance from her house, a family had a festive night and a child dancing with a new doll.