Along came Ewe.
As I started to develop the ideas more, I realised that it would help to have two characters. I played around with having Rude chat to the audience or narrator, but the scenarios would play out without a character conflicted or challenged by the positive statement. Basically, you need a yin for your yang!
So for a long time it was Deer You or Deer U, and then I realised that you should actually be Rude’s friend, and Ewe was born.
A positive reminder.
When my daughters were in primary school, most mornings I would make them packed lunches, and in the lead up to Christmas one year, I left them little doodle notes.
They featured a little reindeer called ‘Rude’, and they were positive little messages for them to find before tucking into their sandwiches.
So you know what happened next. I couldn’t stop, even if I wanted to. Each morning, I would doodle up something. I even had comments from some of their teachers. Now, I’m not stupid enough to think my girls really cared for them, but every now and again, I’d find them repeating one. Passing on words of encouragement to their sibling.
My sister suggested I turn these into something. So I have.
