A hand reaches out to blacken the blazing sun.
A pair of figures, tall and small, walk down the colorful bazaar.
Tall with red nails. Short with red hat. Enveloped with joy, the figures are consumed in the bustling chaos.
Telling. Smooth-talking. Bargaining. Wandering. Hunting.

A hand reaches out for sweet, tooth-rotting candies. A hand reaches out for firm rejection.
…
A hand reaches out for giving in. A hand reaches out for money.
A hand pats lovingly on the girl's red hat.
Girl runs.
Careful of strangers. I'll wait for you at the…
Noise drowns out the words that flutter by.

Girl runs.
People talk of missing boys and girls. Hands go up in terror and amazement.
Girl runs.

In the store of delicious jewels, the girl stumbles over impossible choices. Brown toffee. Black licorice. Red candy cane.
A hand reaches out to ask and bargain.
A hand reaches out to laugh and joke.
A hand reaches out to pay.
Girl runs.

A red hat on the counter.
A hand reaches out to notice.
A hand reaches out to balance and run.

In dark alleys of the bazaar. Festivities of deafening silence.
A hand reaches out to sharpen the knife. Red caked underneath the nail.
A dress of nauseous red. A face of passionate red. A heart of savage red.

A hand of red reaches out.
A hand with red reaches out.
A hand painted red reaches out.
Girl runs red.