A Nonexistent Animal

　　One day, Brother Wanda came to us with another new idea. He wanted us to draw an animal that didn't exist on earth. He said, "You can draw it however you like, but it has to be nonexistent. Dinosaurs or anything that has been on earth before is not acceptable…"

　　Brother glanced over at me and said, "Dragons, Phoenixes, Sphinxes and what ever else that has already been thought of by our ancestors, can't be drawn. Use your creativity and imagination and make up an animal. You guys got ten minutes."

　　Immediately after Brother said the word GO, the entire class started to draw. Some drew a horse with wings while others drew fish that could fly. Still others drew dogs with horns, cats with scales; all in all they took an existing animal and changed it or added something to it.

　　I didn't want to "create" something with such a lack of creativity.

　　I closed my eyes and thought about what I could draw.

　　I was flying around in my mind looking for an elusive idea. As I leaned back, Brother Wanda glanced over at me and started to giggle like an evil little girl.

　　Just like that, I got the inspiration for my picture!

　　It's said that those with big teeth are quite smart. I don't know if there is any sense in that, but it's said that both Bill Gates and Einstein had big teeth.

　　Brother's biggest physical characteristic was his two big beaver buckteeth. I guess there are advantages toshavingstwo big buckteeth. It always looks like he's smiling. Brother is a very kind person, but with the addition of this very characteristic aided his nice-guy appearance.

　　Brother Wanda's humorous and open-minded approach to life helps him to keep his temper under control. So his two protruding front teeth always give the impression that he is smiling. Therefore, all facets of his emotion turnedsintosvarious smiles.

　　Just then, when I saw his evil grin, it almost seemed as though he were saying, "Let's see what you can do this time!?"

　　I took my opportunity and immediately started to draw.

　　Hastily, I barely finished it on time.

　　Brother asked several of the students to show their "creations" to the class. Many people laughed and giggled as they pointed at each one of the pictures.

　　Out of no where, Brother says quite happily, "Hey Kuan, please share your picture with us."

　　I said, "Really? Are you sure?"

　　Brother said, "You think I don't know what you drew? Show it!"

　　I replied, "Ok…You told me to."

　　I slowly pulled my paper out of my drawer and held it up. Almost on queue, the entire class seemed to explode with laughter.

　　I'm pretty sure you have guessed what I drew.

　　The most notable characteristic of a rabbit is its two front teeth. I put Brother's face onto the body of a rabbit! That is definitely a non-existent animal.

　　This time, Brother didn't laugh much, he sighed a bit and asked me to give him the picture, "Kuan, after I grade this, can I keep it to show the other classes how to fail art class? "