His grandparents thought he wasn't warm enough. (Because Red is really blue.) This prompts Yellow to say, "Yuck." reinforcing Red's idea that there's something wrong with him and that he's basically disgusting as a person. However, needless to say, him mixing with Yellow doesn't make an orange, it makes a big greenish ball. Red agrees enthusiastically, wanting to please his mom and hoping beyond hope this will work. She brings Yellow over and coos, "Why don't you two go out and draw a nice, round orange." His mother thought he needed to mix with other colors. She's shocked, but encourages him to try again. She encourages him to draw strawberries, but of course they turn out blue. His teacher thought he needed more practice. However, neither him nor any of his friends and family can understand this. I mean, no matter what Red tries to do, he colors blue. A crayon that "presents" as red but colors blue and leaves everyone confused and baffled. Wait, what? I thought this was about crayons. This book for children about being transgender, is
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