Chapter one
Once when I was six I saw a magnificent picture in a book about the jungle, called True
Stories. It showed a boa constrictor swallowing a wild beast. Here is a copy of the picture.
In the book it said: "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing. Afterward
they are no longer able to move, and they sleep for six months they need for digestion."
In those days I thought a lot about jungle adventures, and eventually managed to make my
first drawing, with a colored pencil. My drawing Number One looked like this:
I showed the grown-ups my masterpiece, and I asked them if my drawing scared them.