Part 3 {rach}

The three children trooped through the kitchen up the stairs to Mr. Vostras’s office. Eliana knocked lightly on the door.
A voice called from within the office. “I told you, Alexandra, I don’t want any more honeyed liver! I’m in the middle of an abstract art crisis!”
Eliana poked her head through the door. “It’s me, Daddy,” she said.
“Oh, hello dear,” Mr. Vostras said. “Come on in, I could use your help.”
Eliana opened the door wider and stepped into the office. Hayden and Addison walked in behind her.
“Oh, you brought the boys too,” Mr. Vostras said. “How nice. They can help me out. Come here, boys, and give me a hand with this poster. It’s a bit to big for me to move by myself without smearing the purple lighthouse.” Mr. Vostras turned towards the children his extra-large easel, which held on it a piece of poster board that was nearly ten feet across.
“Wow,” Hayden murmured.
The painting was of a few different things, actually. In the foreground, there was a small girl sitting in a stroller. She had a little guinea pig sitting in her lap, and she was eating some type of seafood with a blissful expression on her face. A little bit behind her and to the right, there stood a giant bear. He was standing on his hind legs with a vicious snarl, looking straight at the little girl. Above him was a very eerie-looking sunset surrounded by angry clouds, and all the way in the top left-hand corner was, as Mr. Vostras had said, a purple lighthouse. It was rather bulky and extremely large, with lime green stripes down the sides. At the very top of the lighthouse, a man stood on a balcony, flying a kite.
“Seems a bit sinister, Daddy,” Eliana remarked.
“Not when you know the story behind it,” Mr. Vostras said. “You see, this little girl is really the grand-niece of Thorgunna, who, as we all know, is the wife of Leif Ericson. She’s eating a customary dinner for her culture while playing with her pet in the park. That bear symbolizes addiction. The little girl is so addicted to her Terkon Derf – that’s the stuff she’s eating – that she’s about to be gobbled up by her own addiction. But do you see the man on the lighthouse? That’s Benjamin Franklin. He’s going to hand the bear that kite, and the bear will momentarily forget his prey and play with the kite. We all know that addiction and kites go hand in hand. Anyways, then the bear will get shocked when an electric current from the lightning travels down the kite string. So, as you can plainly see, the portrait is not sinister at all. It is a depiction of the greatness of our founding fathers, and how easily they could conquer things such grizzly bears and addiction.” Mr. Vostras ended his emphatic speech with a wide grin, and Eliana almost thought he might give a bow. “Very nice, Daddy,” she said with a genuine smile.

More to come..........

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