(top picture by Stacey)

“The Sid in the Lid”

by: Stacey

This is a new spin on the Dr. Seuss Classic, “The Cat in the Hat”.

 Graphics and background by Stacey and Jo from LibrisCrowe

The group was all quiet.

There was no one to play.

So we sat at our laptop

On that cold boring daY

Jo was out shopping

And B was with Jack.

There was no chatter online now

Not one peep, not one Ack!

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So we sat and we waited

For something to do.

I sat there with Meggie,

We sat, just us two.

<THUMP!>

Then all of a sudden,

Something went THUMP!

Oh, what a THUMP!

How that THUMP made us Jump!

We ran to the door;

Opened it up with much care.

We peeked through a crack;

We tried not to stare.

But there on our doorstep

He stood, yes he did.

There on our doorstep

Stood the Sid in the Lid!

And he said to us,

“Don’t just stand there,

Why, let me come in!

I’m bored and I’m lonely!”

he said with a grin.

“I know some good games -

Games we can play.

Please let me come in now.

Please say I can stay.”

“We shall have fun,

Your Mods, they won’t mind.

I’ll show them to you now,

If you will be so kind.”

Then Meggie and I

Did not know what to say.

For our Mods were away

Away for the day.

But our Pooh Bear said, “No! No!

Make that Sid go away!

Tell that Sid in the Lid

That you DON’T want to play!

He is not welcome!

Just wait and you’ll find

You cannot trust him!

He is not Kind!”

“Now, now,” said the Sid,

“There’s nothing to fear

My games are not bad

You silly old bear!

Why, we can have lots of fun

Yes, we can, you and I.

With a new game I made up

Called, Watch the Bear Fly!”

“Ack!” said poor Pooh,

as he soared through the air.

“Get me down from here now!

Why, this just isn’t fair!”

“Don’t be so boring,

You droll little bear.

I’m just having some fun now

I won’t let you tear.

Just pay attention

As I show you one more.

This next game is simple

Just watch from the floor!”

Then Sid pulled out Pooh’s stuffing

And he threw it away.

He climbed right inside him

And said, “Come now, let’s play!”

He ran to our laptop

He giggled and grinned.

He opened our group site

And then he jumped in!

“Oh no!” cried dear Meggie,

“This will not do!

Sid in the Lid, I’m talking to you!

You should not be in there

While our Mods are away!

You can not be in there

I won’t let you stay!”

“But I like it in here,”

Sid said with a smile.

“Yes, I like it here a lot

I think I’ll stay a while.

There’s so much to see.

And there’s so much to do.

This will be so much fun!

You must trust me, you two!"

Then that Sid he did something

I could not have thought.

He said, “Just wait and you’ll see,

We cannot get caught.”

Sid started to eat

each one of our posts.

He ate and he ate,

But he ate Laynes’ posts the most.

“Why, these are quite tasty!

You should try one right now,”

Said the Sid in the Lid,

“I’ll just show you how!”

Then he pulled us both in

And said, “Now, isn’t this fun?

Just follow me now,”

And he started to run.

All through the group

That Sid he did fly.

He ransacked our websites

I just wanted to cry!

He re-wrote our stories,

He re-wrote our prose,

He e-mailed our members

And called them all “Hoes”.

That Sid he was bad

That Sid in the Lid!

When our doorbell he rang

I should have just hid!

Now our members were angry

And our site was a mess!

What would our Mods say?

I could only just guess!

“Enough!” then yelled Meggie.

“Enough, I did say!

You will stop this at once, Sid!

You will stop all your play!

We don’t want you here!

We won’t let you stay!

Stop this nonsense at once!

Stop it, I say!”

“Why, Meggie, I’m shocked!

You don’t like my game?

I’m just having fun here,

Why, don’t be so lame!”

“Sid, you don’t understand,”

I tried to explain.

“Our Mods will not like this,

and it’s us they will blame!

This mess must now go

This mess cannot stay.

Please help us now, Sid

Make this mess go away!”

“For you dear, I’ll do it,

I’ll clean up this place.”

Then he stuck out his tongue

And that Sid licked my face!

The Sid in the Lid

Waved his hand here and there

The Sid in the Lid

Re-stuffed our Pooh Bear!

He cleaned up our group site

And burped up our posts

“There, that was easy,”

That Sid, he did boast!

“Ack! Sid!” Meggie did ack!

“Our Mods are now coming!

Our Mods, they are back!”

The Sid cocked his head

To one side and did smile,

“I’ll be leaving for now,

but I’ll be back in a while.

We’ll have more fun next time,

We will, you will see.

I’ll teach you new games

Just you two and me!”

With a tip of his lid,

And a grin on his face

The Sid, he was gone,

Far away from our place.

Then our Mods logged back in,

And they said to us two,

“Did you have any fun?

Just what did you do?”

And Meggie and I did not know

what to say

Should we tell them the things

Sid showed us that day?

Should we tell them about him?

How we let him stay?

And just what would YOU do,

If Sid came to play?

The End