Papa’s Spectacles

Papa loses his only pair

Papa loses his only pair of spectacles and searches for them everywhere. He cannot find them because they are on his head.

The child narrator watches Papa searching

The child narrator watches Papa searching and tells him to stop. The child then points out where the spectacles are.

Without his spectacles

Without his spectacles, Papa cannot read the newspaper, watch TV, or cut vegetables.

Papa checks inside his pockets

Papa checks inside his pockets, under his chair, and near the window.

The poem becomes funny because Papa

The poem becomes funny because Papa looks everywhere, but the spectacles are on his own head.