Today's novel-ty

Sharon V.'s class came in for books today. The boys ALWAYS want something as close to her minimum of 100 pages as they can get. Today, though, one of the boys, Josh, said, "Give me something that is on this list," and he proceeded to hand me the list for the next Gala. I told him that I may have one, but I wasn't sure. Sure enough, though, I did have one. It was close to 400 pages long.

His eyes popped and he stood for several minutes, contemplating. He really wanted something shorter, but at the same time...Finally, he checked it out, still gazing at the size of the thing.

The class left and he and his buddy stayed behind for a moment. Adam looked at Josh and said, "What's the matter?"

Josh, still stunned at what he'd picked out, said, "Well, look at this thing! Gee! It's a novel!"

Only after I howled did he realize what he had said.