The Bellini Card

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Niko likes to paint with the brushes and the little tubes of colors in Mr. Popi’s studio there is good light the brushes are quite good. If you squeeze the color out of the little tube onto the board, and you do not use it all up, it will go dry like a dog turd Mr. Popi stepped on it.

Mr. Popi is cross he will give Niko TWO bottles of brandy. Brandy tastes nice it makes Niko cough. Brandy gives Niko a good, warm feeling. ONE TWO is better it lasts longer and Mr. Popi cannot come and see Niko when Niko has grrrrrrr

Mr. Popi is writing he is cross and writing

That is good he is busy he does not hurt Niko now sting burn Niko cannot eat

The hat is wrong Niko painted it to look like a hat he saw but Canaletto did not see this hat there are none such in all his paintings. Mr. Popi saw it Niko did not think he could BUT he saw it Mr. Popi is clever he knows what Niko is thinking maybe grrrrrr Canaletto is clever. He makes Mr. Popi soft TWO bottles. Niko must be clever like Canaletto. Mr. Popi is soft THREE times and Father was soft THREE SEVEN FIVE NINETEEN NINETEEN times where is he?

Grrr grrrr grrr

Sad Niko is sad grrrrrrrrrr Niko can curl up very small to be sad and Mr. Popi cannot tell he is not painting HA HA

He has gone out!

Out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out back!

He is talking to a man

It is a strange way to talk with that strange noise in the other room Mr. Popi is not writing he is he is he is

Dancing

Niko curls up small he can see only the feet and the legs ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT all moving feet and legs THUD THUD

One color that is Venetian red one is Flesh now the color is Madder it jets out like water in Canaletto’s fountains which Niko can do.

Mr. Popi is putting the color everywhere with ONE foot. Niko does not like the noise it is like the pig at Christmas it made Niko small too.

Father it is all right Niko pig is dead it is all right all quiet

Mr. Popi is all right

It was his PRECIOUS BLOOD

Niko saw this man in the church he was THE DEVIL Father you are safe THE DEVIL is on the wall

He cannot hurt you

Mr. Popi cannot hurt Niko he has no skin THE DEVIL is taking it away

THE DEVIL had a hat but hat is wrong Niko can paint like Canaletto he does not have a hat

No hat Niko

Mr. Popi said no hat and Niko likes to paint with the brushes and the little tubes of colors in Mr. Popi’s studio.

There is good light there.

The brushes are quite good.