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The Help! Get a Broom! Story

Parents are horrified at the state of their son’s room after he leaves to visit his grandmother.

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​​Help! Get a Broom!

A story in the news today

Astounded me in every way.

The headline read, “Help, Get a Broom!

Parents Faint While Entering Room!”

front page of the sooper news paper with the headline Help! Get A Broom parents faint while entering room

The article reported how

A mum and dad had made a vow:

That while their son was out of school,

And up at Nan’s in Liverpool,

They’d straighten up his room a tad,

Thinking their son’s a tidy lad.

A little cleaning and some dusting,

Organising and adjusting.

They figured it would go quite fast.

But entering, they were...aghast!

It looked as though there’d been a war.

Everything was on the floor!

Every toy and all his clothes.

The more they saw, the more they froze:

A plate of chips and old spaghetti

Under soggy, pink confetti.

Comic books and something slimy.

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