Just what has she been eating?

So I was on the train holed up in my usual corner seat, nose in book. This huge pram rolled up in front of me with a Malay girl toddler in it. She was wearing a white bonnet and had huge eyes and enviably fair, soft skin.

After a while, I found her staring unblinkingly at me and my book. I stared back for a while and was tempted to take a picture but her parents were there and I didn't want to have to ask permission. And I went back to my book.

After another short while, I had to put down my book to blow my nose. She was still staring. As I was vigorously rubbing at my nose with a tissue, the toddler girl, with her eyes still wide open, licked her lips in a most deliberate manner.

Man, I just burst out laughing.

My brother used to have the disgusting habit of eating what he picks from his nose when he was a toddler. So I know.