12 12 18 2 3 4 'The other night about two o'clock, or maybe it was three, -An elephant with shining tusks came chasing after me. 3 His trunk was waving in the air and spouting jets of steam And he was out to eat me up, but still I didn't scream Or let him see that I was scared - a better thought I had, 61 just escaped from where I was and crawled in bed with Dad. One time there was a giant who was horrible to see, He had three heads and twenty arms, and he came after me >And red hot fire came from his mouths and every hand was fed *And he declared he'd grind my bones and make them into bread. 5But I was just too smart for him, I fooled him mighty bad. Before his hands could collar me I crawled in bed with Dad. I am not scared of nothing that comes pestering me at night. Once I was chased by forty ghosts all shimmery and white. 3 And I just raced them round the room and let them think maybe I'd have to stop and rest awhile, when they could capture me. Then when they leapt onto my bed, Oh Gee! But they were mad To find that I had slipped away and crawled in bed with Dad. No giants, ghosts or elephants have dared to come in there Coz if they did he'd beat them up and chase them to their lair. They just hang around the children's rooms чand snap and snarl and bite 5And laugh if they can make them yell for help with all their might. 4 But I don't ever yell out loud. I'm not that sort of lad, I slip from out the covers and I crawl in bed with Dad,




How do you think the speaker feels about his father?




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