Billy McBeal and the Best Part of Art

by Neal Levin

Billy McBeal was a whole lot of fun. He could sing, he could dance, he could hit a home run. He was awesome at reading and science and chess. He could cook up a storm without making a mess. He would make his friends laugh when he wiggled his ears. He would make them cheer up when their eyes filled with tears. He was pretty good looking and splendidly smart. But the one thing that Billy was bad at was art. Whatever the class would be doing that day (whether drawing or painting or papier-mâché), it was something he thought that he couldnʼt produce, so he always came up with the perfect excuse: “It will waste too much paper. Itʼs bad for the trees. It will ruin my clothes, or…

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