Show Just Folks By EDGAR A. A GUEST THE FIRST OLIVE Well I knew it had to come Janet thought it was a plum For It looked as large and lonely oely I And as as' luscious t to the eye cyC But the taste of olives first to a Is about the very worst Ex Experience I l' know of For a little girl to try With the ample bite she took Came that swift and startled look Of Ot distressful disappointment And chagrin and pained surprise Dropped the little mouth and chin That had shut such vileness in And we chuckled at the horror In her wide and staring eyes eCoS That a fr fruit it so fair to see Could s so bitt bitter r prove to be Yes we laughed to see her frown As AI she tried to ta swallow down That bitter bit of evidence Of confidence misplaced And I thought until she di dies die's s Shell She'll encounter no surprise Quite so ke keenly disappointing As that first ri ripe olive taste Copyright 1934 Edgar A A. Gu Guest |