I felt great frustration at the listlessness and wariness of the children, and their fearful looks; it was if they didn’t believe that there was someone who wanted to have fun with them, or as if they were scared of having fun because it was alien to them.
شعرت باستياء كبير لفتور الأطفال، وحذرهم الشديد، ونظرتهم المتخوفة؛ كأنهم لا يصدقوا أن هناك من يريد أن يشاركهم أوقات من المرح؛ أو أنهم خائفين منه (أي المرح) لأنه أصبح غريباً عليهم.