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Sekrit Armee Sundai — Da Nite Befur Krissymus [1]
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Date: 2023-12-24
Twuz Da Nite Befur Krissymus,
By Klemunt Moarz Kitteh
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Twuz da nite befur Krissymus
an ahl tru da howse
mai hoomin had surcht
fur mai katnip mowse.
Ai taut it wuz dere
We finulee gib up.
It cud nawt be fownd
no madder how much
Ai mohpt arownd.
Mowse gawn fureber
Now da stockinz wur hung
by da chimnee wif kayr
an mai hoomin had askt me
tu pleez leeb dem dere.
Nawt plai wif stockin?
But iz fun!
Da goggie wuz snuggult down
gardin da bed
az delooshunz ub sleepin dere
danst in hiz hed.
Nawt goggiez bed
Ai had rejecktud
mai hoominz warm lap
an fownd a gud plaze
fur a lawng wintur nap.
Diz iz kumfee
Wen owt on da lahn
dere aroze such a cladder,
Ai opind wun eye
tu see wat wuz da madder.
Wat dat noyz?
Awai tu da winnow
Ai deesidud tu creep
Ai climed up da blindz
tu see ho stahpt mai sleep.
Wat cud it be?
Da moon showd me onlee
a yard full ub sno,
owt in da kold
wher Ai dont lyk tu go.
Nawt lyk kold an sno
Den wat tu mai wundurin eyez
shud appeer
but a liddel old hoomin
and sum funee deer.
Deer
Moar deer
Ai new dat mai hoomin
wunted St Nick tu kum,
so Ai tinkt dat diz guy
muzt be da wun.
St Nick?
He an hiz deer
tu da roof dey den flyd,
wif so much shoutin an stompin
Ai cud nawt sleep if Ai tryd.
Tu lowd tu sleep
Ai wuz tinkin he shud ub juzt
nockt on da doar,
wen he kum down da chimnee
an land on da floar.
Ai wuz uhmayzd.
He wuz drezzt ahl in fur
frum hiz hed tu hiz feet,
an Ai hoped dat he brawt
me sumting tu eet.
Hungaree. Pleez gib food.
Hiz eyez, dey wur twinklee.
Hiz fayze, it wuz merri.
He muzt hab bin kold.
Hiz noze lukt lyk a cherri.
Red lyk diz
He wuz so chubbee
he muzt hab ayt lotz ub food,
an Ai lafft wen Ai saw him
in spyt ub mai mood.
Ai wuz nawt happi
But Ai lafft
He had a big bag
up hi on hiz bak,
an Ai new wen Ai saw it
Ai shud clime in dat sak.
Lyk sak
He turnd arownd
an didunt mayk ani moar noyz.
He went tu da stockinz
an filld dem wif toyz.
Wat do Ai see?
Toyz!
Den he turnd bak to me
an he gib me a wink.
He had wun moar prezunt fur me
Ai did tink.
Wat cud it be?
Wud it be toona
wich Ai reelee adoar?
No! He put a new
katnip mowse on da floar!
Kan it be?
Ai didunt wach him
az he went awai.
Ai wuz so xcytud
dat Ai wunted tu plai.
Mowse!
But Ai hurd him xclaym
az he went owt ub site,
“Happi Krissymus tu ahl
an tu ahl a gud nite."
So happi now
At eez.
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