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Edgar Guest - Best Way To Read A Book
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Best way to read a book I know
Is get a lad of six or so,
And curl him up upon my knee
Deep in a big arm chair, where we
Can catch the warmth of blazing coals,
And then let two contented souls
Melt into one, old age and youth,
Sharing adventure`s marvelous truth.

I read a page, and then we sit
And talk it over, bit by bit;
Just how the pirates looked, and why
They flung a black flag to the sky.
We pass no paragraph without
First knowing what it`s all about,
And when the author starts a fight
We join the forces that are right.

We`re deep in Treasure Island, and
From Spy Glass Hill we`ve viewed the land;
Through thickets dense we`ve followed Jim
And shared the doubts that came to him.
We`ve heard Cap. Smollett arguing there
With Long John Silver, gaunt and spare,
And mastering our many fears
We`ve battled with those buccaneers.

Best way to read a book I`ve found
Is have a little boy around
And take him up upon your knee;
Then talk about the tale, till he
Lives it and feels it, just as you,
And shares the great adventure, too.
Books have a deep and lasting joy
For him who reads them to his boy.
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