Outside the lines

Kathleen said later that I was very restrained, for me. I didn't feel it at the time.



"I see a cockpit," I said, tapping the drawing laid on the child-sized table. "I see a ladder at a pretty good angle, I see a door, I see wheels, I see... not sure what that is, maybe a hat--"



"Maybe the firehouse door," said the substitute teacher Butchie doesn't like, and she said it with restrained disapproval. I don't like her now either.



"Do you see this much detail in any of the drawings you did han...