Back by popular demand! Last Christmas I posted a true story about a “ghostly visitor” to my parents house, Len and Madeline Strang, of Lawn Newfoundland. I hope you enjoy my little poem:
Len and Madeline (Mom and Dad)
The Ghostly Christmas Visitor
Twas a month before Christmas
When all through the Strang’s house
Not a creature was stirring
Except for one little mouse.
Len’s long johns were hung by the bedside with care
With hopes that Madeline’s knickers, soon would be there.
But Madeline was snoring, as happy as that,
So they both settled down, for a long winter’s nap.
When all of a sudden, there arose such a clatter,
Len sprung to his feet, to see what was the matter?
“Something just touched me!” Madeline said with a fright.
“It was nothing”, Len said, “Go to sleep and Good Night!”
In a very short while, Len’s eyes opened wide,
“Something touched me too”, he said with a sigh.
All through the night, the haunting took place
With ghostly fingers caressing their toes to their face.
In the morning light, they were took by surprise
For looking right at them was a pair of mouse eyes.
“Good Fripse!” Len shouted, as he made a great clout.
But the Christmas mouse clamoured, until he got out.
“A mouse in the house, I will not have it,” he said
So he set the traps all around the house and under the bed.
To the sound of a squeal, Madeline later arose
And saw the Christmas mouse trapped, by one of his toes.
“It’s a sin to kill it, but Len must not know,”
She whispered as she released him on the fresh fallen snow.
So if ever in your travels you meet a limping little mouse
It might be the one evicted from Len Strang’s house.
Madeline has taught a lesson for one and for all,
We are all God’s creatures, whether great or small.
To live out our lives, we all have the right,
So Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Love this! Just got your book Flo. I am a psychologist battling Stage 3c breast cancer and you’ve said it all perfectly in that book!
Happy that you stopped by my blog. Thanks!
Loving your book and your story. I’m in the process of trying to turn this blog into a book to raise money for research/cure for metastatic breast cancer. Much needed.