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Book 13 Page 3

The animals come out

The frogs in the night go,

croak - croak - croak,

as they all come awake hidden

under their night time cloak.

The crickets in the night go,

creek - creek - creek.

The bats go squeak - squeak - squeak, squeak - squeak - squeak.

And I’m having a hard time

getting to sleep - sleep - sleep.

There are possums in the roof

and the mice are at play.

O Why don’t they all come out

when it’s the; day - day - day.

The animals in the night

go croak - creek - and squeak,

just when it’s time for me to get some,

sleep - sleep -sleep.

dominicj7@poetry.net.au 25/2/00