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Did you

ever have the feeling

there’s a

WASKET

in your

BASKET?

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Did you

ever have the feeling

there’s a

WASKET

in your

BASKET?

. . . Or a NUREAU
in your BUREAU?

. . . Or a WOSET in your CLOSET?

. . . Or a NUREAU
in your BUREAU?

. . . Or a WOSET in your CLOSET?

Sometimes

I feel quite CERTAIN
there’s a JERTAIN
in the CURTAIN.

Sometimes

I have the feeling

there’s a ZLOCK

behind the CLOCK.

Sometimes

I feel quite CERTAIN
there’s a JERTAIN
in the CURTAIN.

Sometimes

I have the feeling

there’s a ZLOCK

behind the CLOCK.

And  that  ZELF

up on that SHELF!

I have

talked to him

myself.

And  that  ZELF

up on that SHELF!

I have

talked to him

myself.

That’s the

kind of house

I live in.

There’s a NINK
in the SINK.

And a

ZAMP

in the

LAMP.

And they’re

rather nice

. . . I think.

That’s the

kind of house

I live in.

There’s a NINK
in the SINK.

And a

ZAMP

in the

LAMP.

And they’re

rather nice

. . . I think.

Some of them
are very friendly.

Like the
YOT
in the
POT.

But

that

YOTTLE

in

the

BOTTLE!

Some are friendly.

Some are NOT.

Some of them
are very friendly.

Like the
YOT
in the
POT.

But

that

YOTTLE

in

the

BOTTLE!

Some are friendly.

Some are NOT.

I like the

ZABLE

on the

TABLE.

And the

GHAIR under the CHAIR.

But that BOFA
on the SOFA . . .

Well,
I wish
he wasn’t there.

I like the

ZABLE

on the

TABLE.

And the

GHAIR under the CHAIR.

But that BOFA
on the SOFA . . .

Well,
I wish
he wasn’t there.

All those NUPBOARDS
in the CUPBOARDS.

They’re good fun
to have about.

But that

NOOTH GRUSH

on my

TOOTH BRUSH . . .

Him
I could
do without!

All those NUPBOARDS
in the CUPBOARDS.

They’re good fun
to have about.

But that

NOOTH GRUSH

on my

TOOTH BRUSH . . .

Him
I could
do without!

The only one

I’m really scared of

is   that   VUG
under the RUG.

The only one

I’m really scared of

is   that   VUG
under the RUG.

And that QUIMNEY
up the CHIMNEY . . .

I don’t like him.
Not at all.

And it makes me sort of nervous

when the ZALL scoots down the HALL.

And that QUIMNEY
up the CHIMNEY . . .

I don’t like him.
Not at all.

And it makes me sort of nervous

when the ZALL scoots down the HALL.

But the YEPS

on the STEPS—

They’re great fun
to have around.

And so are

many, many

other friends

that I have found. . . .

But the YEPS

on the STEPS—

They’re great fun
to have around.

And so are

many, many

other friends

that I have found. . . .

. . . Like the TELLAR

and the NELLAR

and the GELLAR

and the DELLAR

and the BELLAR

and the WELLAR

and the ZELLAR

in the CELLAR.

. . . Like the TELLAR

and the NELLAR

and the GELLAR

and the DELLAR

and the BELLAR

and the WELLAR

and the ZELLAR

in the CELLAR.

. . . And the GEELING
on the CEILING . . .

. . . and

the

ZOWER

in

my

SHOWER . . .

. . . And the GEELING
on the CEILING . . .

. . . and

the

ZOWER

in

my

SHOWER . . .

. . . and the ZILLOW
on my PILLOW.

I don’t care
if you believe it.
That’s the kind of house
I live in.
And I hope
we never leave it.

. . . and the ZILLOW
on my PILLOW.

I don’t care
if you believe it.
That’s the kind of house
I live in.
And I hope
we never leave it.