Stick To Your Cover Story

I was at the library with my mother and, having picked out the books I wanted to check out, I went searching for her. I found her and a librarian standing together, looking confusedly at the section where they kept newly arrived fiction books. As soon as I was close enough, I grabbed a book from the series I knew my mother was actively reading and handed it to her.

Me: “Looking for this?”

Mom: “Yes! Thank you.”

Librarian: “Someone must have put it back in the wrong spot.”

Mom: “How’d you find it so fast?”

Me: “I just recognized the cover.”

Mom: “When did you see this book before?”

Me: “I didn’t, but all their covers have the same style of drawing, I figured it was the same series.”

The librarian gave a small snicker here.

Librarian: “So you’re saying you literally judged a book by its cover?”

Me: “I guess so?”

Librarian: “I think as a librarian, I’m obliged to tell you not to do that.”

Me: “If it works, it works.”