Sight Unseen

"Time!" Professor Emile called.

Like the rest of the art students, I set my pencil aside, and we passed our completed quizzes forward.

After he'd collected them, Professor Emile said, "So you don't die from the suspense of wondering how good--or how poor--an observer you are, let's refresh our memories by taking another look at the model." He clicked the remote-control device in his hand, and the projector cast the image of the blonde bombshell we'd studied prior to the quiz.

Tit man that I am, I stared immediately at her breasts.

As he read the quiz questions aloud, Professor Emile used a laser pointer to point out the correct answers, in the flesh, as it were. "1. What color is the model's hair?" A yellow dot, surrounded by a crimson areola, projected from the pointer, appeared alongside the model's hair. It was blonde, just as I'd indicated. Score ten points for me, I thought.

"2. What color are the clouds?" The yellow dot indicated the wisps of vapor stretched against the azure sky. I'd gone with "white" as the answer, but the clouds were pink. Minus ten. I was at a grand total of zero.

Well, my score could only improve, I thought. I'd still manage, before all was said and done, to snag a 70 or 80 percent.

"3. For the sake of contrast, the model is placed beside which texture?" I'd indicated a wooden fence, but the laser pointer indicated tree bark. The model was standing beside a tree, and, so smitten had I been with her beauty--especially the beauty of her beautiful boobs--that I literally hadn't seen (or at least didn't remember seeing) the tree for the pulchritude. My score? A minus ten!

The laser beam pointed again as Professor Emile read the next question: "4. What is the model wearing in her hair?" I'd answered by circling the letter beside "Barrett," and I closed by eyes with gratitude as I saw the yellow dot appear alongside the pink barrette in milady's blonde locks. I was back to zero. Already, I'd blown all hope of achieving either an 80 or a 70 percent cumulative score, and, with only six questions left to go, I'd need to answer all the rest of them correctly to score a passing grade.