The teacher showed this image to her third-grade class a few days before spring break.
"What do you think it means?" she chirped.
From a cacophony of laughter, and a crowd of pronouncements:
{"That's dumb." "She is broken." "Are the eggs bleeding?" "It is about space travel." "She's an alien." "She's hot." "She's dreaming." "It is a bad dream." "She's allergic to dogs." She lost her job and can't take her dog with her." "Is she homeless?" "She is queen of the egg people." "It's the end of the world." "She is searching for food." "It's about coloring eggs."}
Leslie's thin voice emerged and, in a matter of moments, prevailed.
"It's about my mother and crack, and how she can't take care of me anymore. You can pretend that I am the puppy watching her go away."
The teacher moved on to the next image, while making a note to ask for Leslie's records at the end of the day.
Written for The Mag: Mag 112 that inspired with the above photo prompt
(image by djajakarta, Egg Island).
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