THE BIG YELLOW BOOK | Idella Pearl Edwards

Oh, no! She’s coming! Where can I hide?
In her eyes she has “that look.”
My granddaughter is coming and, in her hand,
Is the great big yellow book!

It matters not that I’m trying my hardest
To put a meal on the table while it’s hot;
With a grin on her face, she begins to read
From the big yellow book without stop.

Though I plead, “I am too busy now,”
She says it will just take a minute;
Then she reads joke after joke after joke;
I should not have let her begin it!

But I notice a twinkle in her eyes of blue
As she manages to make me smile;
She successfully tickled my funny bone,
And I am sure we will eat after while.

So if a teenager comes your way,
And you notice she has “that look,”
You have no choice, get ready to smile
As she reads from the big yellow book.