The “Bad Guy” Down the Street ...

The “Bad Guy” Down the Street ...

I think there’s a bad guy who lives on our street,
At least, that’s what all the kids said.
We knew he was no one we wanted to meet,
Or one of us might end up dead!

Jim said, “He’s a killer who murdered his son!”
And Joe says, “He must have a knife!”
But Billy says “No, it was done with a gun!
But I heard he murdered his wife!”

Tom said, “He’s a crook and he once robbed a store!”
Ben said, “I heard he built a bomb!”
“Someone should have warned us about him before!
“I think I should go tell my mom!”

But then, here comes Jenny, with sad news to share.
“My kitten is missing!” she cried.
We all turned and looked down the street with a glare.
“The bad guy must have her inside!”

At that point, we all knew what we had to do.
We had to go down to his house.
You think that we’re brave? Well, you know that’s not true.
Each of us felt scared as a mouse!

We ran down the street and stood out by his gate.
Jim opened it up just a crack.
I said, “Well, come on, we can’t stand here and wait,
Let’s sneak in and go around back.”

We went ‘round the house and stood by his back door
And cautiously, we peeked inside.
We saw no dead bodies or guns on the floor,
And those things aren’t easy to hide!

We heard a “meow” and we knew time had come!
We had a poor kitten to save!
I jumped up and pounded the door like a drum,
Then stepped back and tried to be brave.

“I’m coming! Please wait ‘till I put down the cat!
I’m so glad you’re here! Can you stay?”
He seemed sad and lonely, so we did just that.
Our “bad guy” thoughts all went away.

We stayed and we talked. We were there quite awhile.
We now know he’s NOT a bad man.
So now, when we see him, we all wave and smile
And visit whenever we can.


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rhyme: a-b-a-b
rhythm: 11-8-11-8

9-30-07