Boy Bitten by a Crayfish

What you see

Two figures fill the sheet. On the left, a small curly-haired boy cries, his face scrunched, eyes nearly shut and mouth open. On the right, an older girl leans toward him and watches; one of her hands rests on a basket. Between them, near their hands, the drawing grows dark and hard to read.

It is drawn in black and grey strokes, denser in the shadows of the clothing and softer in the faces. The paper, stained and torn in places, shows its age. Compare the two faces: the boy’s grimace of pain and the girl’s curious expression.