When they saw their mother they were frightened, but glancing at her face they knew they were acting rightly and, with their mouths full of pudding, began to laugh and wipe their smiling lips with their hands, smearing their beaming faces with tears and jam.
Scorta la madre, i piccoli si spaventarono, ma dal viso di lei capirono d’aver fatto bene, si misero a ridere con le bocche piene di torta, e cominciarono a pulire le labbra sorridenti con le mani, impiastricciando così di lacrime e marmellata i loro visi splendenti.