Monster Couch – Mary Raebel – 700 words (Children 3-7)

Have you ever lost something beneath the cushions of your couch? A family thought they lost their sweet, old granny in their huge, overstuffed couch. As they try to rescue her from deep within their monster couch, they dig up all the makings of a grand celebration. But where’s Granny?

Monster Couch

In our house lived a monster couch.
Too cushy to sit in, you had to slouch.
Soft like a warm marshmallow cup,
It felt as if it would swallow you up.
That’s what it did. Well, not to me.
We feared it happened to Granny Marie.
Our sweet old granny was very petite.
She stood merely three and a quarter feet.

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