Catherine was in their bed, reading when Gil came in and quietly settled in next to her. She felt him watching her and turning her head toward him, she removed her glasses, a questioning look on her face.
Smirking, he spoke. "I just read a bedtime story to the twins," he said.
"Oh, you did?"
"Yeah, and Mattie signed for David too."
"He's getting very good with that," Catherine said proudly.
"Yes, he is." Gil's expression was mischievous.
"Okay, so what gives?"
"Wanna hear the story?"
Looking at her husband, Catherine was amused by his boyish charm. "Okay," she smiled. Gil pulled a book from beside him that she immediately recognized. "Thought you said you would only read the classics to them," she chided.
Glancing at the book, he remarked. "Suess is classic." The he began reading, "Hop on Pop…"
Catherine listened as he began. "Up pup. Pup is up." He continued… Pup up, Brown down, pup is down, where is Brown, where is Brown, there is Brown, Mister Brown is out of town." Catherine wondered what the excitement was. They had read the book to the children countless times. "See bee. We see a bee," Gil kept going. "Three tree. Fish in a tree. Fish in a tree? How can that be?" The rhyme and rhythm of the words was soothing and lulled her. "Hop on Pop. Pop has a cock. Pop has a sock. Put on Pop's cock sock." Catherine's eyes widened. Did he just say what say what I thought he said?
"Up cock. Cock is up. Pop has a rock cock." Catherine was laughing at him. Reaching over, she took the book from him and closed it. Gil looked into her dancing blue eyes. "Hop on Pop?"
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I have no idea where that came from, lol. Hope you got a chuckle out of it.