Junior Vocab
Colorful Conflict
Ananya: "Kabir, move your hand. You’re blocking all the colors."
Kabir: "I need them. My rocket is huge."
Ananya: "You took the blue again."
Kabir: "Blue is for the sky. Rockets need sky."
Ananya: "My snake needs blue. It’s like Amma’s bangles."
Kabir: "Snakes are green or brown. Everyone knows that."
Ananya: "In my picture, it’s a blue night-snake."
Kabir: "Use grey. Grey is close."
Ananya: "Grey is for rats, not for snakes."
Kabir: "Then just wait till I finish."
Ananya: "You said that ten minutes ago."
Kabir: "Fine, draw something else."
Ananya: "No. I can draw it with this pencil first."
Kabir: "That just looks like a wiggly noodle."
Ananya: "Look properly. It’s slithering on the sand."
Kabir: "Oh… like how that lizard was slithering behind the fridge yesterday?"
Ananya: "Yes, hugging the floor and moving without legs."
Kabir: "Now it looks cool. The line is curvy and sneaky."
Amma: "Why are you two frowning at the paper like that?"
Ananya: "Kabir won’t share the blue, and my slithering snake is stuck in pencil."
Kabir: "But my rocket flames are not done."
Amma: "Can your rocket wait while her snake finishes slithering across the page?"
Kabir: "Hmm… if she stops it right here, it won’t touch my rocket."
Ananya: "Deal. It will slither only till this tree."
Kabir: "Okay, here, take the blue. Just for the slithering part."
Ananya: "Done. See? It’s slithering, but it’s not going near your rocket."
Kabir:slithering snake." "Nice. Now my rocket can blast off over your