
The little boy could not stop staring at the painted cows. They were so beautiful but he couldn’t understand why someone would paint flowers and words about peace all over the statues of cows. Tugging at his uncle’s coat, he asked, “Uncle Frans, why are those statues painted like that?”.
Frans pondered for a moment and then jumped right in with, “Well, J.R., artists all over the world share their love for beauty in many different ways.”. The child thought about this and got very quiet for the rest of their day together.
Frans had only been home for a few minutes when his sister (J.R.’s mother) called in a very agitated mood demanding to know what he had told her child. Little J.R. got home and decided to “share his love for beauty” all over their home! Painted squiggles were everywhere. How was he to know?
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© Carol Campbell
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Yes, art imitates life, in ways some can never understand.
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True. Especially in the free expression of a child!
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Hahahaha! The little boy wanted to share his love for beauty with his mother and the rest of his family! LOL! I think that is something a child would really do. Haha! Cute story, Carol!
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Thank you, Joy! The tales that have come out of this are priceless!
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Hahaha! They really are priceless! They are so much fun to read.
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Painted cows! Great story!
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Thank you!
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I love how this turned out, so true to life!
Debbie
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Thank you, Debbie!
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Aww, a very cute story! 🙂
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To go with your lovely photo! Thank you!
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You’re welcome! Glad you liked it! 🙂
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https://sp.yimg.com/xj/th?id=OIP.M428f604dbca34257455b518fa32af1faH0&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300
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That is beautiful!
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one of the rarer painting within fine art i like.
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oddly beautiful story matching an oddly beautiful picture. let’s hope the mother calms down to listen to why the boy did what he did. THEN they can all blame uncle J.R. (just kidding)
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The simplicity of childhood – lovely tale.
@Samantha/samratkel from
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Yes! Thank you!
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I can really identify with that. 🙂
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I am glad! Thank you!
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This was uniquely Beautiful! Treat to the readers! Lovely one !
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Thank you and I’m glad you enjoyed!
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Pleasure dear blogger!
Hope you have a nice week ahead!
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You, too!!
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For my “P” post tomorrow (A-Z Blogging Challenge), I’m sharing a link to this post. I love so much of what you put out there. I hope others will follow you too.
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Thank you! That is so kind!
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