My father works hard at his office. He is the head of a computer lab. He works all the time. And when he gets home after work, he disappears. Where? Behind his newspaper! He reads every inch of that newspaper- current events, crime articles, sports and weather. He even reads the movie reviews and gossip column.
Father enjoys that newspaper! But I don’t like it. Why? Because he gets lost in it! Once we were late for the school play because he did not stop reading.Once his beeper rang and rang. He didn’t look up. Once I said, “Father, the dog is flying,” just to see what he would do. “Just a minute,” he said. “I’m reading the book reviews.” I can shout! I can cheer! When he reads the newspaper, he cannot hear me.
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