One day when i was six years old, i saw a magnificent picture in a nature book about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor swallowing an animal, i' m trying to make a sketch of it to show you. Under this splendid picture it said: "Boa constrictor swallow their prey whole without chewing it", there, "And then remain stationary for six months digesting it".
I pondered that deeply and after some work, i succeeded in making my first drawing, i called it °Drawing Number One°. I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, i asked them if it frightened them: "Frighten us?... Why should we be frightened of a hat?" they said. A hat?, it was a picture of a boa constrictor swallowing an elephant, obviously.
Since the grown-ups couldn't even understand it, i made another showing the elephant clearly inside the boa constrictor, my °Drawing Number Two°. This time i was told to stop wasting my time drawing boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and attend to my studies, which i did.
And that is why, at the age of six i gave up my magnificnet career as a pinter.
I pondered that deeply and after some work, i succeeded in making my first drawing, i called it °Drawing Number One°. I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, i asked them if it frightened them: "Frighten us?... Why should we be frightened of a hat?" they said. A hat?, it was a picture of a boa constrictor swallowing an elephant, obviously.
Since the grown-ups couldn't even understand it, i made another showing the elephant clearly inside the boa constrictor, my °Drawing Number Two°. This time i was told to stop wasting my time drawing boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and attend to my studies, which i did.
And that is why, at the age of six i gave up my magnificnet career as a pinter.
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