"Sneak Peek"

Sneak Peek

Our mom comes home all tired out
From shopping at the mall.
Her arms are full of lots of bags.
She drops them in the hall.

“Now, don’t go in there, boys!” she yells.
She gives us both a glare.
“We wouldn’t even DREAM of it!
Not us!” we both declare.

She must be buying Christmas toys!
She’s shopped each day this week.
But what’s inside those big, bright bags?
We NEED to take a peek!

Our heads are full of wondrous dreams
About what’s in the hall.
Perhaps if we just sit real still,
Mom won’t see us at all?

“Just get away and go upstairs,”
She yells at us once more.
But you know curiosity;
It’s too hard to ignore.

We wait ‘till she has left the room
Before we give a try.
With heads down low, we crawl across
To see what Mom did buy.

I slowly stretch my fingers out….
One bag is in my grasp!
I hear a noise; I look up quick.
Uh oh! “Hi, Mom!” I gasp.

She’s standing, looking down at us.
(At least she has a smile…)
“It’s six more weeks ‘till Christmas Day.
You’ll have to wait awhile.”

She then picked up those wondrous bags
Of treasures that she’d bought.
But we’ll keep waiting; you know kids!
NEXT time, we won’t get caught!


Meter: 8 – 6 – 8 – 6
Rhyme: a – b – c – b