There’s A Monster In The House

~ One ~

It's very late.

All the lights are out.

It's kind of dark

Here inside my house.

I was sleeping,

Lost in a peaceful dream,

But I woke up

By Something.

I heard a noise, I heard a tap, I heard a fuss,

Something I haven't heard before

I don't know what it was.

I heard a sound, heard a scratch, heard a stir,

It's not the dog and not the cat,

It must be a monster!

I'm a big boy.

I'm not afraid.

I'll go find that monster

And tell him to go away,

But all my tools, everything I'll need,

Are in the toy box, across the room,

So far away from me.

I tie a rope from my sheets

And throw them overboard.

I didn't remember it being

so far to the floor!

we got to the ground

Expecting a fight,

But my dog and I

Were alone in the night.

We raced to the toy box

Expecting an attack,

But all we found

were some monster tracks.

We got our stuff,

Flashlights and a dart gun

And we put on sneakers

In case we have to run.

My faithful hound put his nose to the ground

And on the trail, we creep

Hunting the thing that made the noise

That woke me from my sleep.

I followed my dog, he followed the tracks,

They went under my bed.

There we found the monster

And this is what I said,

"Monster, you can't be here

Making yelps and peeps.

You must go find a new home

So I can get some sleep."