The Not Knowing

The little girl in pink ran round in circles, round and round and round in her pink and white spotted hoodie and her cerise-coloured socks and trainers, round and round outside the family tent. Christian and Eva saw her from their VW traveller, as they sat in the front seats watching the sun go down, and Eva wondered what it would be like to have a family one day. Not long afterwards, Christian caught sight of her again, hand-in-hand with another child, the pair of them in pink pyjamas, prancing between the tents and camper vans. He was tempted to take a photograph. Later he wished that he had.