21 April 2010

Take Another Look

"...And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. It looked something like this: 

 

I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.

But they answered: 'Frighten? Why should any one be frightened by a hat?'

My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant..."

-The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Perhaps all we need sometimes is to rub our eyes, dust off our glasses, and reconsider.

3 comments:

beth said...

Ce n'est pas un chapeau!

Shannon said...

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Le Petit Prince!

Chris said...

Hi Haley, where have you been? It's been an age since your last post. Hope everything is OK..

 
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