The old woman stood, bent at the waist, using a cane to hold her up.
Try as she might she could not stand straighter.
A young girl walked by and noticed the woman standing with her cane.
The old woman seemed unable to move forward.
The girl took the woman’s arm, put it across her own shoulder, and smiling up at the old woman took a step forward.
The old woman smiled down at the girl, tears glistening in her eyes, and as if a string was attached to the top of her head, pulled her body up and moved her right foot out, and then her left.