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Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be the tallest thing around…

Well, here’s my first entry for Illustration Friday, where you get a new topic every Friday, and then have a week to illustrate it.

Needless to say, the word smitten (this week’s topic) is quite adept bringing to mind all manner of sentimental mushiness, but one must not overlook its more literal, though seldom-used, definition.

It just so happens that I find the latter infinitely more fun to illustrate.