I remember a day
You were about ten
When you came home from school with a script
Your teacher said to read aloud
"Something about baseball" you said.
I was delighted to see it was "Who's on First"
We read it out loud together.
And about halfway through
A light began to shine in your eyes
As you realized this was funny
Before we were done
You were laughing so hard
You could barely get the words out.
And I will never forget how much fun it was.
Watching my little boy
Get a seventy year old joke
Like it was being told
For the first time.
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Wow! That is an amazing moment that you both had. The stuff you treasure. Fantastic!! Especially that it was baseball related.
ReplyDeleteIts always so when kids get a joke that we like too...like watching Ghostbusters or Monty Python with them. Some times we'll be watching something we've seen a bunch of times and one of the kids will say "oh I just got that". But watching him giggle thru that old Abbot and Costello bit was the best.
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