Something to Do

Sometimes when the kids use that 
endless energy of theirs to bounce 
off the walls and each other, or worse, 
me, and that energy siphon I invented 
to drain that stuff off so I can use it still 
doesn't work, I just sit down and start 
reading aloud to them.


Sometimes they stop to listen.


They both sat when I started
Something to Do by David Lucas
Spectrum lad liked the sparse prose
and simple lines. I think his brother
liked that they were bears. Both boys 
liked that they went to the moon 
because both boys plan to do that
some day.




There's a bit of Harold and the 
Purple Crayon magic here,
but this "little something" 
from Lucas is beautifully
done.


-Spectrum Mom