I looked up; under the overhang of the bark roof three pairs of round eyes were fixed upon me.

They belonged to the children I had previously seen, who, in the attitude of Raphael's cherubs, had evidently been deeply interested spectators of my repast.

As our eyes met an inarticulate giggle escaped the lips of the youngest.
I never could understand why the shy amusement of children over their elders is not accepted as philosophically by its object as when it proceeds from an equal.

We fondly believe that when Jones or Brown laughs at us it is from malice, ignorance, or a desire to show his superiority, but there is always a haunting suspicion in our minds that these little critics REALLY see something in us to laugh at.

I, however, smiled affably in return, ignoring any possible grotesqueness in my manner of eating in private.
"Come here, Johnny," I said blandly.
The two elder ones, a girl and a boy, disappeared instantly, as if the crowning joke of this remark was too much for them.