BookLoons: There's A Grizzly Bear In The Bed

*There's A Grizzly Bear In The Bed* by Hilary Williamson

Mom woke up in the middle of the night Beside a grizzly bear It clung so close and hugged so hard All she could breathe was hair She opened one eye and it was me 'That dream gave me a scare!'

Dad woke up in the middle of the night With an octopus on his head All eight sticky tentacles Trailed on the bedspread He opened one eye and looked at me 'I'm thirsty, dad' I said	Joanne Peckarsky *

Mom woke up in the middle of the night When a kangaroo kicked her toe It bounced and bounced and soon the bed Was rocking to and fro She opened one eye and there I was 'Mom, I need to go'

Dad woke up in the middle of the night With an elephant stowaway It squeaked and squealed and its long trunk Kept tugging the duvet He opened one eye and I piped up 'Dad, it's time to play'

Mom and dad woke up in the middle of the night They were sleeping on the floor I was snoozing on the bed And they were stiff and sore They opened their eyes and then I said 'Mom, did you know you snore?'

And they said ... 'Alan, Alan, back to bed Your room's the place for you It's warm and soft and cozy and Your friends will like it too Your mom and dad have had enough Of sleeping in a zoo'

So we went ... Elephant ambled to a quiet corner of my room. Bear blundered into the cupboard. Octopus oozed to the bottom of the bathtub. But Kangaroo missed her friends down under, so she cuddled close to me.
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* The octopus above is shown with permission from Joanne Peckarsky Photography. Visit her site for more great underwater images.