The kid in line at the coffeehouse pulled the sleeve of the rumpled, gray-haired guy standing next to him. “Hey, Dad, I know who this guy is.” He pointed at the packet of Newman’s Own cookies displayed on the counter.
“Yeah?” said his father absently, gazing up at the specials board.
“Yeah! He’s a dentist!”
This caught Dad’s attention, and he looked down at the packet, a smile crinkling his face. “Ah, no, no he’s actually An Actor,” giving the last two words a storybook emphasis. Dad’s eye flickered toward me and he gave me the special “ain’t kids crazy?” raised eyebrow.
It was time to chip in. “Actually, he’s right, in a way… The model for the original painting was Grant Wood’s dentist.”
The father turned wide eyes on his son, and a new look dawned on his face. “Hey… how did you know that?” he breathed softly.
The kid shrugged. “I dunno. I know things.”
Yeah.
I am participating in NaBloPoMo.
Elli
Elsa
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6 November, 2007 at 9:56 AM
fannie
My friend’s seven-year-old is obsessed with art and artists. No one seems to know where this interest came from, but henow owns a set of artist flashcards from his parents (and BOY do they make me feel inferior!). He can tell you when an artist lived, where they were from, what they painted, and their style! Maybe grade school art class has morphed from paste-eating and magic marker-sniffing into something classy and refined?
7 November, 2007 at 3:31 AM
Elsa
Yeah, maybe. I’m betting on it being a “Jeopardy” question, myself.