His awkwardness at digging the hole with a shovel whose handle was twice as long as he was made us laugh, and we covered our mouths with our hands so he wouldn't hear." The reader can infer that Doodle's family.

The reader can infer that Doodle's family saw his action to be funny and laughed knowing fully well his disability.

Explanation:

When the Scarlet Ibis fell down dead, Doodle left his food and went to pick it up to bury. He was warned by his mother not to touch it. Doodle took it and buried it. His action in burying the bird with a shovel as long as him was actually funny knowing fully his disability.

The above excerpt is from "The Scarlet Ibis". It is a short story written by James Hurst. The narrator, known as Brother, remembers the birth of his little brother William Armstrong who was named "Doodle". He was a sickly child with disability which weakened and hindered him from living like every other child.

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