Lead pencils contain graphite (a form of carbon ... In other parts of the world, they are green, blue, black or red. • Erasers were not put on the ends of pencils until 1858.

“One day, Red said, ‘We could be the Pencil Brothers! You could be lead pencil and I’ll be red pencil, and it’s better to be red than dead’ … or something like that.” Cory and LePere ...