Little Labors

The species

The baby loves to look at photos of babies. And at drawings of babies. And although she doesn’t play with other babies often, she observes them on the street with an especial interest, with much more interest than she gives to a similarly aloof adult. Albeit with less attention than she would give to a dog. It’s a very particular kind of interest, a mirror interest, I am guessing. She doesn’t know yet that she is going to get bigger. She doesn’t yet know that she will become one of us. We are of the large species; she is of the small species.