It was hard to hear Peter's quiet whisper as he sat snug on my lap during the sermon in church this morning, but I did catch "pig" and drew one for him.
"No, draw a cat eating cake like a pig."
I tried. I'm not sure quite what that looks like, much less how to render it in ballpoint pen with my level of skill, but I think Peter was satisfied.
"Draw a boy in a bathtub."
I started with the bathtub, then begin drawing the boy's head and arms.
"No, boy not in bathtub! Cat in bathtub, eating cake!" (excited whisper, but still very quiet)
Suddenly, the light came on and I realized that Peter's ideas weren't coming from a hyperactive imagination, but rather from a book I had read to him last week: "The Cat in the Hat." I had to draw the cat in the bathtub eating cake, the boy outside the bathtub turning off the water, lots of snow outside the window, and the girl outside looking in. And other cats with other hats, and the big cat beating the bed with the broom. And then I turned the paper over and started drawing something else, fearing that after one reading of the book Peter would be able to remember every image and want me to replicate each one!
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