There Is A Moral?

Willie Winkle rounded the bend
where his friend he did send
to play a game of hide and seek
and boy did he feel like a geek!

Hours upon hours he looked and could not find
his friend he loved, so dear and kind,
but all his effort had done no good,
he had searched as hard as he could.

The next he knew as he turned around
was that she popped up out of the ground!
Her hair was wild, her face a mess,
and her clothes badly needed a press.

"What is wrong?" asked poor Willie,
the expression on his face quite silly.
"A monster, a frightening monster!" she did shout,
then flipped on her heels to turn about.

Down the hill went Mary Jane
practically flying down the lane
before she perched on the top of a rock,
her feet looking odd with only one shoe and sock.

Then out of the hole there did pop up
a monster that looked like he was made of muck.
He was green and ugly, his teeth were brown.
He was the most frightening monster in town!

"Haven't your parents taught you it is rude
to interrupt a very big dude?
I do not appreciate you storming in on my dinner
of slime, cockroaches, and paint thinner!"

"If your parents are not with you, you should be at home.
You are lucky that I do not eat children who roam.
Now mind your manners and take a bath,
begone now to avoid my wrath!"

What would have happened to poor Mary Jane McCumbrey
if that old monster had indeed been hungry
for the taste of little children?
She would have remained hidden!

Never would she have been found
in that cave beneath the ground.
Her parents would not have known her fate
and their hearts would break in such a state!

Mary Jane and Willie took the warning to heart
and toward home they certainly did start
to play around their garden gnome
for no longer do they roam.

Moral:
Without parents, children should stay at home
for it is not safe for them to roam.
You never know who might pop up,
a murderer, thief, or even just a schmuck.