NOTHING TO DO
by RICK WISE for Jenan Albert Fonze Ponze had nothing to do. What can I do Albert sang. It was his very own song. He sang it again. What can I do Singing his song made Albert Fonze Ponze feel good. But when his song was ended, he still had nothing to do. His mother stopped writing at her
computer. "Albert, dear," his mother said, "since you've nothing to do, why don't you read a book." "No," said Albert.His father put down the
cake he had just baked for the family's dinner. "Albert," his The house-painter Roy put down his brush
and said, "Albert, since you've got nothing to do, why don't you come outside and
help me paint the house?" Uncle Paul came up from
the basement carrying his hammer and nails and
"No," Albert said. All the big people frowned and went back to their jobs. Albert's dog Basil flopped on his bed, sighed deeply, and went to sleep. Albert sat on the floor in his room. He was so unhappy. Somehow, Albert didn't know
how, one of his hands popped Albert decided this day was going to be a fine day after all. Albert Fonze Ponze had something wonderful to do. almost the end "NOTHING TO DO" music & lyrics by Jenan Wise
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being
the seventh book of
father said,"since you've
nothing to do, why don't you go outside and throw your high-bouncer against the
steps?"
said,
"Albert, why don't you come and help me fix the basement?"
Albert's dog, Basil, got up and came to Albert. Basil
pushed Albert's arm with his nose. Then he pushed his hand with his nose. Then he licked
his face. 
the top off his toy chest. Then the other hand pulled the chest over. Lots of
stuff tumbled out. Big stuff, little stuff, squiggly strip of red cloth he'd found
alongside the trail last year the time he'd helped his mother solve the medical mystery.
The cloth would make a perfect road for the truck. And here was the pencil his grandmother
had given him 
on his third birthday. If he put it under the cloth, it would make a
perfect bump on the road. Then the road could run under a corner of the bed and out the
other side. There were so many possibilities. 