While you ponder that eternal question of whether or not there’s room in your life (and budget) for a cross-eyed zebra, I offer another kind of treat from the animal kingdom.
I took the kids across the bridge yesterday to give Robbi a few free hours to work. She called me on my cell and asked what she should draw for this week’s auction. Knowing how much you readers like cute and fuzzy animals, I suggested that she draw a monkey. Who doesn’t like a monkey? I asked myself, already counting the dollars an illustration of a cute and fuzzy monkey would invariably rake in. No one, not even Robbi, could go wrong when charged with drawing a cute and fuzzy monkey.
Right?
What I did not mention to Robbi was that she should probably not make her monkey illustration a lice-themed affair. If there’s anything that can dampen the cuteness of a monkey, it’s thoughts of fur-based vermin. Next time I will be clearer in my art direction. Next time I will be less trusting in Robbi’s ability to take cute and run with it.
If you are less disgusted than I am, feel free to bid. I’m sure Stop Your Nit-Picking can be had for a song.
I love this one! Bring on the auction, I say. Bring it.