Paavo and his Crayons

A Short Story I Wrote a While ago about a young boy and his Crushed Dreams



Paavo was addicted to drawing, he loved to draw, day and night. He rarely talked to other kids at school or in his village, just to his crayons and colored pencils. He would draw magical forests and woodland animals and playwith them in his imagination. They were his friends in his private little world.

One day Paavo was visited by a fairy while he was drawing in a field and she told him he could have one wish, but to think carefully what he wanted. Paavo decided it
would be wonderful if the friends he drew could actually play with him. The fairy thought on this and came back later and told Paavo his wish would be granted, but to remember this is what he wanted no matter what happened.

Paavo agreed and that evening he drew a bunny who quickly left the pages he was drawn on and jumped into Paavo's lap. The boy was thrilled and started to pet the bunny vigorously when the bunny suddenly turned and bit his finger off and then vanished. Paavo lay there crying, bloody stump of a finger and all, wondering what had happened. He figured he was just too rough with the bunny and would try again the next day.

The next day he decided to draw a small bear cub, maybe 2 weeks old. After drawing
it, the bear too left the pages and joined Paavo in the material world. And like the bunny before him, it eventually turned on Paavo and mauled him, leaving cuts all about his face and neck. Luckily it was a young bear so it didn't hurt Paavo too much. Just like the bunny though, it disappeared right after the incident. Paavo was confused yet still intrigued.

He was addicted to drawing however, as it was his only friend, and could not control himself. Paavo, you see, was retarded.

He continued to draw animals that would continue to come to life and continue to beat him about the head and neck with their claws, wings, teeth, paws...whatever they had available to beat him about the head and neck with. Poor Paavo never learned. As his art got better over the years Paavo began experimenting with drawing people. He never finished them though. He wanted this one to be perfect. It seemed the drawings would not come to life until they were complete

Finally he was confident in his abilities and drew a beatiful young maiden, a girl he had seen in his dreams for years. He stared at the paper and began to give up hope after most of the afternoon had passed. Then he saw a slight movement on the paper and she too came to life. He was instantly relieved that she did not beat him about the head and neck immediately and fell in love with her. He named her Magdalena. She seemed to like him too and they spent all their time together. (not like she had anywhere else to be) On his 17th birthday Paavo asked Magdalena to marry him. She of course said yes. She wasnt sure what marraige was but didnt really seem to care all that much.

After 9 months of marriage, it finally happened, no not a baby. Magdalena turned on Paavo. Instead of mauling him about the head and neck, she instead took all of his belongings and forced him (in court) to support her lazy ass for the rest of his life. Apparently she had grown accustomed to eating chips and watching TV on the couch while her ass continued to spread. The judge agreed she should be able to continute this without being interrupted by the inconvenience of a job of her own.


You see, the animals just took Paavo's health and left a few physical scars. But it took a woman to crush his soul and to take his will to live completely.

The moral of our story is to Be careful what you wish for.