Charades

Charades

The Librarian tells Carrot what book has been stolen from the Unseen University Library. The only problem is Carrot’s not very good at charades.

It’s getting to the point that any excuse to draw The Librarian works for me. I think I’ve finally gotten his face right. In fact, the only problem I have with this picture is due to space issues, it’s not clear that he’s flapping his arms.

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“Big thing. Huge big thing. Flapping. Great big flapping leaping thing. Teeth. Huffing. Blowing. Great big huge blowing flapping thing.“ Sweat broke out on Carrot’s forehead as he tried obediently to understand. “Sucking fingers. Sucking fingers thing. Burnt. Hot. Great big hot blowing flapping thing…“
The librarian rolled his eyes. Homo sapiens? You could keep it.
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