I was nosing around in my parents' basement, and found this:
It was one of those class projects where the teacher writes the text on the board, and you copy it down in your best handwriting. Then you can draw your own pictures. This was made either in third grade or in high school, I can't tell with my art. Anyways, it was kind of cute. So here goes.
PAGE 1: "The pilgrims wanted a free country of their own. they left england and saild to America on the mayflower it had 102 people."
If you can't guess by the big flower on the boat, it's printed on the sail. That's the mayflower!
A bunch of little stick people are climbing the rigging. With umbrellas. ?
Oh, that explains it.
High wiyer. Very funny, little me.
PAGE 3: "The Pilgrims build one big house where they could all live the winter was cold they had a little food many got sick and died."
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Meanwhile, the self-empowered pilgrims went shopping.
Yes, folks. That is a shopping cart.
LAST PAGE: "The wonderful feast last 3 days they were thankful for a good harvest friends life and America!"
I don't know why, either.
love it, heath! you were a very talented and creative high-schooler --oh, I mean, third-grader.
ReplyDeleteLaughing still...
ReplyDeleteDoesn't everyone tie their babies to trees???
Great kid logic! Your illustration made me wade through the years, reaching for a memory. I'm pretty sure they taught us, in elementary school, that the Native Americans would prop their babies in their papoose cradleboards against the tree while working (http://gelean.tripod.com/papoose.html). And I know that of all the images associated with Thanksgiving and that time period, the image of the baby in a cradelboard was one of the most interesting (visually, culturally, creatively).
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I love the image.
So much funny that my cheeks hurt. Stop making me laugh.
ReplyDeleteLOl! this is awesome! Haha yeh I often wonder what was going through my mind when I drew what I did as a kid...
ReplyDeleteHeather, Have you been into my files where I've stored all your cute art work, and taken stuff without permission? You should probably remember that Santa Clause is watching!
ReplyDeleteLol, very cute Heather! I was good at drawing as a kid...but I used to get the colours all wrong, like colouring donkeys bright red! The teacher called my mum in about that. Apparantly she was a bit worried...
ReplyDeleteThat baby was probably left for the squirrels...
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ReplyDeleteI agree with your teacher, you make more gooder art. I'm jealous, you had talent back then too. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteAlso that we would do without your remarkable phrase
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