Can Magazine — Oh Yes I

Leo laughed. Then he turned the page.

He didn’t win the contest. A girl named Priya won with a glitter-and-foam diorama of a dolphin president. But Ms. Kowalski pinned Leo’s drawing to the center of the board anyway. She had to use four magnets. The caption beneath it, in Leo’s wobbly handwriting, said: “This is what trying looks like.” oh yes i can magazine

The last page was blank except for a single sentence in small, neat type: “The only issue you’ll ever need. Renew your subscription by doing one impossible thing.” Leo laughed

He never found the magazine again. But every time he picked up a pencil, he felt its weight behind his eyes. And every time a kid in the art room sighed and said, “I can’t draw,” Leo would lean over and whisper: A girl named Priya won with a glitter-and-foam