A father came home and found
his three children were outside,
still in their pajamas, playing in the mud,
with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn
all around the front yard.
The door of his wife's car was open,
as was thefront door to the house and
there was no sign of the dog.
Proceeding into the entry,
he found an even bigger mess.
A lamp had been knocked over,
and the throw rug was wadded against one wall.
In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon ,
and the family roomwas strewn
with toys and various items of clothing.
In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink,
breakfast food was spilled on thecounter,
the fridge door was open wide,
dog food was spilled on the floor,
a broken glass lay under the table,
and a small pile of sand was spread by
theback door.
He quickly headed up the stairs,
stepping over toys and more piles of
clothes, looking for his wife.
He was worried she may be ill, or that
something serious had happened.
He was met with a small trickleof water as
it made its way out the bathroom door.
As he peered inside hefound wet
towels, scummy soap
and more toys strewn over the floor.
Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap
and toothpaste had beensmeared
over themirrorand walls.
As he rushed to the bedroom,
he found his wife still
curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel.
She looked up at him, smiled,
and asked how his day went. He
looked at herbewildered and asked,
"What happened here today?"
She again smiled and answered, "You know every day
when you comehome from
work and you ask me
what in the world did I do today?"
"Yes," was his incredulous reply.
She answered, "Well, today Ididn't do it."
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