When Pablo Picasso was a little boy, he lived in a small town in Spain. His mother liked to call him "Piz", the Spanish word for pencil. Even as a baby, he preferred pencils and chalks to any of his toys.
Picasso's father was an artist who spent much time teaching his son how to draw.
Drawing was Picasso's great pleasure. He would often sit by the window and sketch pigeons.
One day, his father returned home and stood for a long time, observing one of Picasso's drawings. The pigeons in the picture looked remarkably real.
Moved by his son's talent, Picasso's father gave him all his brushes and paints. He told his son that from that day forward, there would be only one artist in the family.