Momma Left Me All Alone

What's that noise?

Momma Left Me All Alone

Momma had to go next door
To help out Miss Barone.
She said I was old enough
To stay at home alone.

I felt so very grown up
To be alone like that.
I saw Daddy's great big chair
And that is where I sat.

That was when I heard the noise.
It sounded like a growl.
No, I think that maybe
It was an awful howl.

A monster must be after me!
Chills ran down my back.
Was that monster hungry for
A human kind of snack?

Once again I heard the noise,
The beast was getting near.
I wondered what it looked like.
I was shaking from the fear.

I saw the monster's face.
He looked me in the eye.
He gave that awful howl.
It almost made me cry.

Well, not an awful howl.
But a howl nonetheless.
Okay, really not that bad.
More like a meow, I guess.