The Cartoon

 She learnt laughing as we went,
the cartoon a simple pencil sketch
made up of rectangle, triangle
four little sixes a nine and dot
readily available in the pencil box,
from which we made a pig and
then another, they looked at each.
She is bright, six, drew a sausage dog
laughing once again, and then two.
A simple game learned years ago
passed on through eternity;
a long time, yes,
but empires built of less.