What have we lost?

An elementary school teacher had given her first graders a coloring assignment:

The instructions said: "On this sheet of paper, you will find an outline of a house, trees, flowers, clouds, and sky. Please color each with the appropriate colors."

One of the students, Patty, put a lot of work into her drawing. When she got it back, she was suprised to find a big "X" on it. She asked the teacher for an explanation. "I gave you an 'X' because you didn't follow the instructions. Grass is green, not gray. The sky should be blue, not yellow as you have drawn it. Why didn't you use the normal colors, Patty?"

Patty answered, "Because that's how it looks to me when I get up early to watch the sunrise."