The first page simply read:
Then he kept going.
"Because the path of learning is never straight. You will go forward, then sideways, then back. You will draw a terrible horse, then a perfect spoon. Then another terrible horse. That’s the zigzag. That’s the art. Don't stop."
Leo, who wanted more than anything to draw but whose every stick figure looked like a disaster, blew off the dust and opened it.
Next came
So Leo drew an awkward line. Then another. And another. They wobbled and crossed. For the first time, he didn’t rip the page out.