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His Mother Dona: Roland Penrose, probably one of Picasso's best-known biographers, describes this ancestral line: ,,Again and again, his ancestors show dedication, toughness, courage, open-mindedness in matters of art, and honesty in matters of religion." All of these are qualities which apply to the most famous man in the line: Pablo Ruiz Picasso. His maternal line has also been researched into. Pablo inherited at least his outer appearance from his mother Dona Maria Picasso y Lopez, and there were in fact two painters among her ancestors.
Gestation takes 16 days; 7-15 in litter; young born pink, naked, and blind. Do not disturb young or mother for at least a week after birth; if disturbed mother will either kill and eat the young or neglect them and allow them to die. After 3 weeks, remove young from mother; otherwise, mother fights with them and often kills them. Sexes should be separated before young reach maturity at 43 days.
After school, on their way home the child asked timidly, "Mother, chocolate malted?" and looked up at her mother beseechingly.
"No pea soup, no chocolate malted," her mother answered firmly.
At home the mother began to prepare dinner. The child stayed around, asked for water and got it. Seeing that she was going to get nothing else, she went to play quietly with her blocks. Sitting on the Floor she put the blocks one on top of another forming a tower and then suddenly she smashed them down on the floor. She did the same thing five times, perhaps as an expression of aggression that she dared not even feel toward her mother. |
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