nookncranny's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- meanwhile in the third grade this imperfectly beautiful girl is in love with little turtle man. she slides gifts to him and says "here." first it was a pack of baseball cards- she's tracing his passions. now, in a more fragilebold move; she wrote a book. my book of animals. each page contains a carefully crafted illustration with titles like kind of shy kangaroo and dart playing dalmation and hopeful horse who is praying on a cloud. the last page is entitled now you draw one and i'll see what you can do. she's courting him. coaxing him to share a bit of himself. last night he worried about his lack of artistic development as he earnestly sketched out elephant elvis impersonator. i am swooning. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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