For Kyle

I do not know when my mind changed when I became part of the grown-up world. I assume when one lives under another's customs eventually they become your own. The little prince appeared to me, on the third day and asked me to write the word sheep. I could not understand why he would want it written when I had already drawn him one, but I obliged and wrote out the word "sheep", along with the sketch I was working on. The little prince looked confused and then went away. He returned a few moments later with the picture of the box in hand along with the word "peesh". I told him that was not how you spell sheep, he said very concerned "Why then, did you tell me to spell it that way?" I was struck I had spelled sheep right, but forgetting I was not the one who needed to know how to spell sheep ( for I had concerned myself with matters of spelling and geography since the age of six)I had written the words to face me and upside down "sheep" is spelled "peesh". I realized my mind is not in the same place it was, I alas, have never read a word that is upside down before.Grown-ups, including myself, are very odd indeed.