Baldie Portrait in Blue

    Baldie Portrait in Blue 
       (in the "Baldie Stories 1" collection - on sale at Amazon.com)

“Papa, I drew a picture of you."

"Is this me, here? Right here with big muscles?"

"Ha-ha! No, that's the tree, silly."

"Oh, I was wondering why I had all that hair!"

"Those are leaves! Leaves on the tree!"

"So where am I? Is this me, here?"

"That? No! Ha-ha! That's a rock! "

"Oh. I thought maybe because..."

"Because it doesn't have any hair?"

"Bingo!"

"No, Papa. This is you."

"Wow! That's fantastic! I didn't see it at first..."

"Papa, you’re teasing me! This is your little hair, here on the top!"

"Good job! Teasing is a good word..."

"And you have a rectangle body! And I... I forgot to put hands!"

"Are those my eyes, right there by my chin?"

"Yes - ha-ha! You're engabberest!"

"I'm what?"

"Em-grabber-rest?"

"Embarrassed?"

"Yes, that! And I colored you blue."

"I see that. I love blue."

"Me, too."

"Why am I embarrassed?"

“Ha! Cause you used to have hair and now you only have little hair!"

"You're a funny kid. Ha! But come here; let me tickle you for teasing the old man! And you want to know something?"

"What, Papa?"

"See all this hair on your head?"

"I have a lot and you have little!"

"For now baby, for now! But one day...."

“I know Papa.”

“What do you know?”

“I’ll have more hair, like you did in the old pictures, and your little hair will be even littler and littler and littler forever.”

“Come over here wise-guy. It’s tickle time again.”

The End