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Six-year-old creative genius struggles to keep up with demand for his masterpieces.

- It's nice to be in demand but as every celebrity knows, sometimes it can all get too much.

Six-year-old Jack Henderson has raised nearly £13,000 for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, where his younger brother is being treated, by sending people one of his drawings in return for a donation. But his parents have been forced to issue pleas for calm after being "hassled and harassed" by people desperate to get hold of one of Jack's creations, reported The Scotsman.

So far more than 630 people from around the world have donated cash for a drawing and Jack has produced more than 120 in a matter of weeks.

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