A Likely Tale

A LIKELY TALE Husband beetle gets home late Not just at seven but well after eight Wife asks, what’s your excuse For being on the loose? Well, I just got inside a window pane And couldn’t get back out again I guess I musta dozed Cos when I woke up it was closed Then a cat began to push me And a little boy tried to squash me Then a girl scooped me up with paper And ended my indoor caper She put me outside in the rain So then I came home again And that’s it, my sweet, All I can do is repeat. She said, well if I had a penny For each time my antennae Have picked up that story, honey, We’d build a new house with the money.