Outside, a car went by, a dog barked, and two laughing children kicked a tin can down the street.
It must have a large garden, a warm spot by the fire, and happy laughing children.
"I'm smarter than him," he said, by way of explanation to the laughing children around him.
Respected city elders turned cartwheels about the square, and parents leapt into piles of straw hand-in-hand with their laughing children.
The laughing children ran over a low hill, and I turned eagerly to Yu Lan.
Other laughing children traced hopscotch squares into a muddy camp road within a few yards of a makeshift graveyard.
She tore the paper into half and faced the laughing children.
Seven laughing children jumped from both sides of the treadmill, until only Mark and Karilly were left.
He squinted into the sunlight glinting off the clear water to get a better look at his laughing children.
Not just the laughing children but some of the men.