The next day, Little Taotie, yawning, handed in her calligraphy homework to the teacher's office.
The elderly teacher initially intended to glance over it quickly and be done, but when he opened the paper and saw the characters on it, he was taken aback.
He looked at it carefully for a long time, even suspecting that it was not written by Little Taotie herself, but rather by her parents after she went home.
But afraid of misunderstanding the child, he skillfully said, "This 'sharp' character doesn't work, write it again."
Little Taotie leaned in to look, she had already tried very hard, but still made the top of the character larger than the bottom, giving it a top-heavy feel.
She nodded her head, also feeling that the character wasn't good, and obediently began to write in the teacher's office.
