I use it to light my stove

…so I could cook a whale

…in butter sauce

…for my friend, the clown.

The clown likes to play a song on a CD

…about a winking eye

…who spied a fried egg

…using pencils

…to build a windmill.

A cat who lived under the windmill

…played cymbals with his feet

…while licking honey

…off a soccer ball

…filled with toothpaste

…from the other side of the world.

The world spins like a tiger trying to catch his tail

…which was as long as a stethoscope

…wrapped around a rolling pin.

The rolling pin was flattened by a tractor

…that went faster after eating popcorn.

A kernel of popcorn needed a bandage

…with a picture of an astronaut

…using a star

…to cut apart a calendar.

On the cover of the calendar was a happy gorilla

…walking under a rainbow

…that danced into a mailbox

…that was nailed to the top of a sled.

The sled crashed into a piano

…that had a STOP sign on it!

“Good stop!” cried a moose

…who was busily brushing his horns

…to clean up the sandwich crumbs that fell

…when a fairy put it into

…her garden wheelbarrow.

“Can I borrow your wheelbarrow?” asked a diver

…who wanted to cook it in his frying pan

…which was as small as a coin

…you can only see through a microscope

…smeared with glue.

The glue came from the back of a medal

…which was awarded to the koala bear

…with the biggest flower pot.

The pot was carried by a fire engine

…wearing a crown

…that slipped off and fell into a gong.

The gong was cheered up by a fan

…that tied corn husks

…to a panda bear’s tail. “Ouch!” he cried

…and he grabbed a shovel

…to pry open a refrigerator door.

When it opened, out blew a huge tornado!

The tornado dropped a suitcase

…full of beautiful buttons

…the colour of crayons

…which made a mess for Mr. Vacuum Cleaner

…to clean with his sunglasses on.

“Those glasses are mine!” cried a giraffe

…who knocked over an iron

…with a bowling pin.

The bowling pin then bumped into a rake

…held by a sleeping walrus.

He woke up and put on his tennis shoes

…that were as squeaky as my accordion.

I keep my accordion hidden in my purse

…clamped shut by a clothespin

…that popped off and fell into a stack of newspapers

…being read by a wise old raccoon

…while listening to the news on his radio.

The radio wore a paper cutter for a hat

…so that a cheerleader could stand on it

…to do her cheers while waving a telescope.

A hamburger popped out of the telescope!

It was so mushy I had to eat it with a spoon

…which broke into tiny puzzle pieces on the floor.

A lizard picked the pieces up

…and put them into his bright sandals

…before stepping into a puddle of ink.

A broom swept up the ink

…with its buffalo friend

…who caught snowflakes with his tongue

…and put them in a pot

…to cook them atop a gumball machine.

The machine glides on skis

…with a flashlight

…that wears a tiny little vest.

In the pocket of the vest is a spray bottle

…to cool off my typewriter

…when I write a story about a kangaroo

…who lives inside a Christmas stocking.

Caterpillars live there, too.

They play their trumpets

…after washing them with a watering can

…filled with pineapple juice.

One day an armadillo drank some of the juice

…then threw darts at a dartboard

…made from a week-old pizza.

On the pizza were footprints

…from 200 sheep

…who jumped over the table