Archy and the Hobbagobble

Children jump from your slumber,
Grab a light and chase toward the window!

Bring that lit candle at your bedside too,
There's nothing to see without light to feed the eyes!

Now pull back the curtains carefully just a little!
Because whoever the Hobbagobble sees he will chase and eat!

Oh yes, Hobbagobble, a word to make you chuckle,
Oh! The Hobbagobble, the Habbagobble is turning so quickly hide!

Stop your whispering, hold your breath and be quiet,
If the Hobbagobble knows you're awake he'll feast on you tonight!

Look! Now it is safe, his back is turned as he sniffs a big oak tree
And what is it exactly that you first might see?

Maybe the giant rainbow plume above his head
Or perhaps his yellow feathered feet?

All who've heard of the Hobbagobble know he can swallow the storms
But only who've seen him believe he can control the seas!

Have you noticed the beautiful silk robe that reaches his waist?
It grows ten times in size to cover his whole body when it starts to rain!

Or when he turns his head, have you seen his glowing crescent horn?
It glows pink for a girl, blue for when a boy is born!

That's why today, on your first birthday it's turning the brightest blue I ever saw!
And that's why the Hobbagobble flies away forever too!

Because you, Archy, are the one zillionth baby of the whole entire world,
And he promised Mrs.Hobbagobble to return to Hobbagobble land a year after you!