Monkey George art lessons

Oliver: draw monkey George
Me: I don't know how to draw monkey George, but I'll try. (Starts drawing)
Oliver: (crying) No! That's not monkey George! (Takes paper and crumbles it up. Throws my pencil across the room.) Draw monkey George! We are not doing Mickey Mouse!
Me: I wasn't trying to draw Mickey Mouse!
Oliver: I am angry! We are not drawing turtles right now!

(I got it right next time.)


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