There are at least 347 things I like about kids in the Bobbledy Club. I like that they like books. I like that they ride bicycles. I like that they eat carrot cake occasionally. But one of my very favorite things is that they keep on having birthdays. And that, when they do, they make drawings and send them to us.
The most recent birthday kid is Orin Z. I have it on good authority that he just turned seven. Here is his card, a single-panel allegorical comic detailing the epic adventures of a horse named Max.
The tree on the left hand side of Orin’s drawing is most certainly the Tree of Life. Max (a young horse, just getting started in the world, as evidenced by the glee-laced exuberance with which he is leaping literally over the rainbow) is making his way to the Purple and Orange Palace of Destiny, as pictured on the right hand side. The place is a place of great danger, but also great opportunity. It is here where Max will face challenges and meet them, growing from an optimistic young colt to a wise and worldly stallion who prefers to go by his given name, Maximilian.
There is also an astonishing amount of ice cream in the palace. And a roller coaster.
Thank you, Orin, for sharing your wonderful drawing with us!