A masked bandit

We had our first parent-teacher conference ever yesterday. We learned that Ellie is smart, but she would rather play than work. And she does things if she wants, and not necessarily if the teacher asks.

We got to look through her journal, where she writes a different letter of the alphabet each week and draws something that begins with that letter. Most weeks the teacher prompts with a few ideas that they might draw.

When we got to Z, I realized that what Ellie drew had come all from her. The teacher agreed; she had offered up zipper and zebra as possible things to draw.

Ellie drew Zorro.