I wanted to write a story that could have been depressing about lying, but honestly it’s more about the little puppet boy lying to himself. I didn’t want it to be sad though! I looked at the image we were given, he’s got a big smile on his face, but something that threw me off was his eyes. In cartoons, when a character is being silly but not smart at the same time, maybe naive but not paying attention at all, their eyes or pupils point in different directions. I felt that this meant the character was off in their own head space and hoping for the best. This also connects to the puppet with his nose sticking out. We know that when Pinocchio lies his nose stretches, however as we see in many adaptations it tends to be something the character freaks out about. With this, the puppet boy is happily going on, which gave me the idea he may be lying to himself. The year is already half over, meaning it may be his year, but he’s spent most of it already indoors.

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