The Wozzit

By:Jack Pretlutsky
From: The Snopp on the Sidewalk
Published By: Greenwillow Books
THE WOZZIT
There's a wozzit in the closet
and it's making quite a mess.
It has eaten father's trousers,
it has eaten mother's dress,
and it's making so much noise
as it gobbles down my toys,
there's a wozzit in the closet-
oh I'm certain ... yes, oh yes!		 There's a wozzit in the closet
and I don't know what to do.
It has swallowed sister's slippers,
it has chewed upon my shoe,
now it's having its dessert
for it's stuffing down my shirt,
there's a wozzit in the closet-
yes, oh yes, I know it's true!

Image adapted from an original by Byron Barton		 And I also know I'll never never
open up that closet,
for I never never never ever
want to meet that wozzit.
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