A child died.

He was between three and four years old.

He had parents — people who had known him from his birth, who had watched him grow, who had given him some portion of their lives in the act of raising a child in conditions that were demanding even for healthy adults.

He had probably had companions in his community — other children, or older community members who had interacted with him in the ordinary way that people interact with the young children in their midst.

When he died, the people who loved him did not simply place his body in the ground and move on.