The German proverb in the caption could be loosely translated into English as "Like mother like daughter", or "A chip off the old block". The little girl is intently mimicking everything the adult woman does, including the somewhat balletic foot positions, and the scrunching up of the side of the skirts (though with the shorter skirt length of the girl's clothes, this is not needed to keep the hem of her dress off the wet street, as it is for the adult woman's dress).

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