An Old Story

An Old Story
2086

“Say, wife, I’m going to town today,
Make out your errand list, don’t delay”
Then into the room the farmer gося
To don in haste his Sunday clothes
There follows a sort of expectant hush
When out from the bedroom, “wife, where’s that brush?
When a man’s in a hurry it ain’t no joke
To have everything missing There a shoestring broke!
I’d like to get dressed, but it ain’t no use
Here, look at these pants, there’s a button loose!
Now, where’s that vest, I should like to know?
It bents all time how things do go!
No It ain’t in the closet, you needn’t look,
Thơ I hung it there on that very hook
Thunder and lightning! Folks fly around!
I tell you that vest has got to be found”
Then out to the barn goes Farmer Thayer
To grense the wheels and harness the mare
When to them soon with a shout of joy
Comes Tommy, the youngest bright-eyed boy:
“Say, pa says you needn’t hunt any more,
Twas out in the barn, behind the door!”
-F M Hamilton