GCF: Crayons
Little Johnny had been bringing his drawings home from kindergarten
every day since he started a month ago. Each day his mother admired
the pictures and hung them on the refrigerator. One thing started
bothering her. Little Johnny only used black and browns for his
drawings. Fearing a problem and not wanting it to get worse, she
decided to take him to a child psychologist.
The psychologist delicately went to work. He gave Little Johnny a
battery of psychological tests. He chatted with Little Johnny.
Everything seemed perfectly normal. Every day for two weeks, the
tests continued. Yet everyday, Little Johnny continued to bring home
drawings in only blacks and browns.
Frustrated at not being able to get to the root of the problem and
fearful that something was terribly wrong, the child psychologist
decided to give Little Johnny some paper and a box of crayons and
observe what happened.
Little Johnny opened the box of crayons and said, "Oh, Boy! A new box
of crayons! At school we only have old boxes. The only ones left in
mine are black and brown!"
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