Reading to the boys from the old classic book,
We got to the part about Warren reciting.
He was supposed to say,
If at first you don’t succeed,
Try, try again.
His brother laughed and said,
If at first you don’t fricassee,
Fry, fry a hen.
Warren laughed,
And the boys chuckled,
And when I paused the reading and said,
“You can guess where this is going,”
They laughed harder.
And when the actual moment of recitation arrived,
And all the predictions came to pass,
They demonstrated that normally-not-literal cliche,
Rolling on the floor, laughing out loud.
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