Roughly an hour after everyone else was awake, Annie, being mostly asleep, felt like she was being watched. When she opened her eyes a little, she saw a little girl of about one year in age sucking her thumb. It was obvious that she was a Euro-Asian mix. Annie didn’t say anything to the youngster and the youngster said nothing. They both just looked at each other for a time.
“Mother said we should let you sleep,” the little girl said clearly after removing her thumb from her mouth. “I was just checking to see if you were finished.”
Annie couldn’t help but smile at the little girl. “I suppose I should be,” Annie said with a grin. “My name is Annie Cooper,” she said as she tried to sit up.
“It would be more efficient to swing your legs over the edge of the hammock as you sit up,” the chil
