Captain Feathesrword reading the story
Prince Michael and Anthony the butcher
Prince Michael and Fernando the bicycle maker
Prince Michael and Caterina the florist
Prince Michael and the princess
Wags walking to his easel
"Hello, Wags. Can I have a look at your painting?"
"You can if you like but it's not very good."
"It's so colourful to me. Can you tell me about it?"
"What do you want to know?"
"I thought what you might to talk about your painting."
"And I like wearing an artist smock and beret."
"You look very smart wearing them, too."
"And I really enjoy mixing the colours on my pellet
and I like putting the paint on the paper."
"My paintings never look like I want them to look."
"Well, I wanted to paint a horse"
"but it didn't look a bit like a horse"
"but it didn't look like a tree."
"And I wanted to paint a dragon"
"but it didn't look anything like a dragon, either."
"But a painting doesn't have to look like anything."
"Of course not. A lot of famous painters just use the paint to show colours and shapes"
"and you're already doing that."
"I think your painting is really nice to look at."
"And the painting can just be a mixture of colours and shapes and lines"
"so I really can be an artist after all."
"Of course you can. Just keep painting."