By Peggy Parish
Pictures by Fritz Siebel
Copyright 1966
Amelia Bedelia takes every word literally. She doesn’t understand how to “read between
the lines”. I’ve always loved the funny predicaments she ends up in due to
this trait. In this volume, Amelia has
been asked to help out at a wedding shower for Miss Alma. You can just imagine what she does when she’s
asked to “run over the tablecloth with an iron”. She probably should have taken her shoes off
first.
Pruning the hedges also takes on a whole new meaning.
The best part, though, is when Miss Alma finally shows up
for her surprise shower and really is surprised when Amelia Bedelia turns on
the garden hose. Amelia really hadn’t understood
why Miss Alma couldn’t take a shower on her own!
This book reminds of a time when
my daughter was about two years old. I
was having a phone conversation and she was trying to get my attention. Impatiently, I told her, “Laura, hold your
horses!” It took me a moment to understand why she then came running up to me
with two little toy horses in her hands.
I don’t think she understood why I laughed so hard.
Amelia Bedelia reminds me to not take myself too seriously. She teaches me to laugh at my silly mistakes
and to let other people laugh at my mistakes too. Like the time a couple of years ago when I
was talking to my daughter on my cell phone, while telling her frantically that
I couldn’t find my cell phone because it wasn’t in my purse. We’re still laughing at that one! Surely I’m not the only one who does things
like that?
Bahahaha, horses.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh I LOVED these books when I was a kid! So silly and sweet :)
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely not the only one who does things like that, lol. I'm right with you!