Illus. in full color. "In this affectionate story, three children follow their grandfather up to the attic, where he pulls out his old bowler hat, gold-tipped cane, and his tap shoes. Grandpa once danced on the vaudeville stage, and as he glides across the floor, the children can see what it was like to be a song and dance man. Gammell captures all the story's inherent joie de vivre with color pencil renderings that leap off the pages. Bespectacled, enthusiastic Grandpa clearly exudes the message that you're only as old as you feel,

老爷爷年轻的时候是一个歌舞演员，一天，他带孙子们上阁楼，穿上搁藏已久的歌舞服装，表演年轻时代的歌舞绝活。

三个小孩子在阁楼上看爷爷表演昔日在杂耍团表演的节目，阁楼里蕴藏着爷爷对昔日时光的甜美回忆。孩子们在和爷爷相处的过程中第一次见到了爷爷的表演，他们不但更崇拜这位家中的明星，也更了解爷爷的过去。虽然这个故事只是描写一个生活中的小乐趣，但却呈现出祖孙两代间乐融融的情感。