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Graphite Draws His First Line
Graphite is the sharpest, most perfect pencil in the desk, and he has never once dared to draw. A gentle back-to-school bedtime story about the night before class starts, a very patient eraser, and the crooked line that turned into a whole mountain. For every little one afraid of getting it wrong.
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Graphite had never drawn a single line. Every other pencil and crayon drew something today. The blank paper looked enormous and utterly unforgiving.
The eraser rolled close, but Graphite leaned away. Perfect pencils stay sharp, and stay lonely. Mistakes, she whispered, are my whole entire job.
The crooked line looked exactly like a mountain. He tilted his head, studying his first mark. One crooked line became a whole wild mountain.
The eraser watched, glowing proud beside her friend. By morning, a wild world covered the page. In the morning, small hands found his drawing.
Her favorite part was the crooked line.