Ms Gladys Laughs

She sits there, rocking back and forth always with a smile on her face, just five feet three inches of her, and about four hundred pounds, To us kids, who had never seen anyone this big, she was gigantic, humongous. Then we got to know her and we all loved every bit of her, She was the jolliest, happiest person, we had ever seen. When Miss Gladys laughed we called it a "belly laugh," Looked like it came up from the tips of her toes straight up her legs, and into her belly. Her whole body shakes as she leans back, tilts her head upwards, And from deep within her comes this joyous sound, and her belly jiggles around like a huge bowl of jello, And we laugh with her Yes! the whole village erupts in laughter, every time Miss Gladys laughs.