You may remember that in a recent post I was moaning about the reading book my son has been chased about at school. 
Well I found out that his teacher had given him a little bit of grief about not bringing it in, saying that his mom (that is me!) had said I’d seen it at home.
Well yes I had seen it, one day, for a moment and now I don’t know where.
I thought I’d better send in a note on behalf of my son to stop him being told off and as it was Children in Need day I decided to do it in poem form.
So here it is.
The Case of The Missing Reading Book
I’ve searched the house (well some of it), to try and find Sam’s book
I know it’s red and hardly used, but still I’ve had no luck
"Our dog has chewed it", I could say, but we don’t have a pet
"It fell into wet concrete and lost it when it set"
"Our youngest drew all over it using Sam’s best pens"
"It burnt when trying the sun test through a magnifying lens"
But all of these excuses just wouldn’t stand the test
And I’m sure you think that moms like me are just a bloomin’ pest
But please don’t give Sam any grief when he is not to blame
It’s mom’s housekeeping causing him to hold his head in shame
And rest assured he’s reading comic books and books galore
From Aussie stories, poetry, Dark Rising and lots more!
Thankfully his teacher did laugh when he received it. Well, it’s better than having a moaning letter isn’t it?