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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?

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

. . . 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.

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