An Abstract Drawing

One day in a drawing class, the teacher told the class to draw an abstract drawing.

After a while, a small boy turned his drawing in. The teacher looked at it but saw nothing, only a piece of white paper.

"What did you draw?" said the teacher.
"A cow eats grass," the boy answered.
"Where is the grass?"
"The cow has eaten it up," replied the boy.
"Well, but where is the cow? the teacher asked again.
"It ate up the grass and then went away to drink water."

Answer the following questions.
1. What did the teacher tell the class to do?


2. What did the small boy turn in to the teacher?


3. What did the teacher see when he looked at the drawing?


4. What did the boy draw?


5. Why was there nothing on the drawing paper according to the boy?