It took a while!
But it is an excellent stratagem: to
1. Give no title and have us investigate the scene as if we had landed from a parachute to a new world.
2. Give a title that is obscure, such as, "Cemented Pebbles" which could conjure up as fixed state of limitations, a safe surface to walk and commence Alice's journey and so many other ideas one's mind discovers.
3. Provide, (as you have here), a "title", buried in a shadow of a seemingly "unimportant" part of the picture. This "text" becomes our first surprise. We are now put on notice that we have "work to do" to really approach the meaning of the photograph. Next, one has the job of exploring your intended meanings related to the apparent primary subjects, the two young girls, together on a long bare village street, "frozen in time".
This use of a title to a picture is such a great idea as it forces us to think, far better than either
1. Giving us an exactly documentary title
Or
2. Insisting that
"A picture must speak for itself!"
Which itself has never impressed me as either generous or useful!
Asher