"What, to paint?"
The teacher and the whole class burst out laughing. Who had ever heard of such a thing? To paint in the Pencil Forest?
Tessa gets angry and speaks out loud.
"Why are you laughing? Just because she wants something you can't think of? Or even worse, something that does come to your minds, but you don't dare to do it."
Tessa turns to the teacher.
"I bet in the past you wanted to paint, too!"
The teacher blushes and stammers in embarrassment.
"Well, that was a long time ago..."
"So what's the big deal if someone wants to paint? Is it forbidden?"