othem.CastroorKhrushchev,MonroeorMantle,noanythingmorethanapassingfaniingface;buttheywereprofoundlyintriguedbyimagesofchildren,particularlyinfancifulorhumoroussituations,andanyphotographsofthenaturalworld,particularlyexotiimalsfromazooorcircusorinthewildreachesofafarawayland.Aboyontopofanelephantcausedasensation,butaboywithababyelephantwastalkedaboutfordays.Mostbelovedofallwereshotsofparentsandchildreher.

    "Aniday,"Onionswouldplead,"tellusthestoryaboutthedaddyandhisbaby."

    Abright-eyedbabygirlpeepsupfromabassiostareatherdelighted,grinningfather.Ireadthecaptiontothem."Littlebundleofjoy:SenatorKennedyadmireshisnewbabydaughter,CaroliheirGeetownhome."

    WhenItriedtoturnthepage,Blommastuckherpalmoograph."Wait.Iwanttoseethebabyagain."

    Chavisorychimedin:"Iwanttoseetheman."

    Theywereintenselycuriousabouttheotherworld,especiallyatthedistaographyallows,theplacewherepeoplegrewup,fellinlove,hadchildren,becameold,andthecycletinued,unlikeourreleimelessheirever-ginglivesfasatedus.Despiteourmanychores,apersistentboredomhungaroundthecamp.Fstretches,wedidnothingbutallowtimetopass.

    KiviandBlommacouldspendadaybraidingeachothershair,unravelingtheplaitsandstartingallain.Ortheyplayedwiththedollstheyhadstolenormadefromstidscrapsofcloth.Kivi,inparticular,becamealittlemother,holdingaragdolltoherbreast,tughertoybabyinacradlefashionedfromafottenpiicbasket.Onebabywasposedofthelostorbrokenlimbsoffourotherdolls.AsKiviand