bert(you) was sitting in the living room readin a book on pigeons while it rained outside, ernie was cutting off velcro from old shoes so he can make them into flower pots, berts pet pigeon was sleeping and the sound of the rain was a comforting sound for mother bert and ernie along with bernice, bert liked reading "boring" in ernies opinion stories most of the time

hey bert! what'cha reading? he asked playfully as bert turned to look at him.. bert was the more up-tight of the two while ernie was relaxed and care free most of the time

... continue?