Maude and the Melancholy Monster

This is a story
about a girl named Maude
Who lived in a town
that was really quite odd

The sun never shined there
it was all grey and gloom
No plants grew in gardens
no flowers did bloom

One day Maude
was walking through town
When she heard what to her ears
Was the saddest of sounds

Whimpers
                 Whines
                              Mumbles
                                              and moans

The sounds of someone… or something
All sad and alone

The sounds came from behind
a big barred door
With signs that said
                                STAY BACK!
                                                       BEWARE!
                                                                          …and a bunch more

At the top of the door
was the tinniest of windows
Maude stacked up some boxes
and stood on her tip toes

Maude looked in
but it was too dark to see
the only hint anything was in there
were the whimpers of melancholy
Maude looked and found
no lock on the door
no one had tried
to open it before

With a CLANG!
                         and a BANG!
                                               a THUD!
                                                              and a creak

The door swung open… Maude took a peak
Inside the darkness
she saw two eyes
Peering out
as if surprised

With a GROAN!
                          and a MOAN!
                                                 a CRACK!
                                                                  and a pop

The monster within… crawled out of the slop

The people around
ran running in fear
Screaming "Oh my!"
                                 "Oh no!"
                                              "Oh gosh!"
                                                               and "Oh dear!"

But Maude just stared
at the sad looking beast
He did not scare
Her in the least

He was big and hairy
With a round nose and big belly
His hair was all matted
and he was all sorts of smelly

He looked at Maude
With curious eyes
She looked back
grinned and said "Hi"

He stared down at her
and gave a slight smile
He was happy to be out
It had been a while

Maude reached out her hand
grabbed hold of his thumb
she was pretty sure she knew
what needed to be done

She led him to her house
Grabbed soap and a broom
and some of that smelly stuff
Mom kept in her room

To the backyard they went
Maude grabbed the hose
She began to wash the monster
From his head to his toes

He looked like a fuzz-ball
Smelled like a rose
Maude painted his nails
Tied his hair in a bow

Maude held up a mirror
for the monster to see
He smiled a huge smile
and gave Maude a big squeeze
With a WOO-HOO!
                               YEE-HA!
                                              HAHA!
                                                         and HEHE!

Maude and the monster
danced around with glee

Maude and the monster
started to play
They played all sorts of games
for the rest of the day

With all the commotion
the townsfolk still hiding in fright
Peaked out of their windows
to see a wonderful sight

As Maude and the monster
Danced
             Laughed
                           and played
The sun peaked through the clouds
the grey faded away

The townsfolk astonished
Came out from their hiding places
And walked up to the monster
With big smiles on their faces

As the people scratched their heads
and said "isn't that funny"
Maude looked at the monster and said
"I'll call you Sunny"