He knows what guns look like. He's seen them in movies, on TV and video games. Many things in his head are associated with the word gun but when he drew one today it looked like an L on it's side. The only detail he added was the fact that it had two barrels but I'm pretty sure that extra line was a mistake before it got turned into a feature*.
Then I drew one for him. I, added a shoulder rest, sights, a clip and I made it look, at least a tad, like an Uzi.
He thought that was pretty hot shit so he wanted me to make one on the other side of this guy. I told him to but he didn't think he could. All I had to do was point out that the main shape was just a rectangle with little pieces added to it.
He took that info and made...
Notice how his gun includes things that mine didn't but are to be expected on a gun. He remembered the friggin trigger even. Now granted, the front looks kinda like a cat but looking at the rest of it will tell you its a gun.
He also associated the word gun with a type of person. A soldier.
And what is associated with a soldier? Notice the camo helmet and...
...grenades...
The reason they look like sticks with a knob at the end is because he's seen the game Call of Duty II...
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=irule2
As I was writing this...
I caught Brendan peeking at me from the other side of the couch. I wrote the sentence below while he thought he was still hidden. Then without looking at him I told him to come over and read...
...Brendan I can see you over there. You aren't as sneaky as you think. GO TO BED...
I love that stinker...
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