The Identity Crisis

50 words featuring a pencil

“2B or not 2B?”

“No! I want to be 4H,” screamed my pencil. “I’m fed up being soft. I’m always the dark shading of sketches.”

“I want harder, lighter, flowing lines and shading. No one chooses me first.”

"Why can’t I identify as a 4H?” it sighed. “It’s not fair.”