On a rainy day two bored brothers sit around the house trying to think of all the things they know that are red, blue, and yellow, thus allowing the reader to share in their boredom.

The only thing surprising about this story was the use of rebuses throughout. The rhyme scheme sometimes helps confirm some of the more ambiguous ones. Like, are those cups or mugs? Well, the word has to rhyme with "ladybugs," so "mugs" it is. ( )