Just a Couch

By Kevin Lomas

All they wanted was just a couch. A very long science fiction story in ePub format. Suitable for children of most ages.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Oct 23, 2014
• ISBN: 9781326058425

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Just a Couch

JUST A COUCH

Kevin Lomas

Copyright

© Kevin Lomas – cover, text and layout.

All world-wide rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner.

All the characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons or other beings and/or creatures, living or dead, or missing, is possibly purely coincidental.

ISBN - 978-1-326-05842-5

First ePub Edition – 2014

Published by Out Of My Mind, U.K.

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Just a Couch

Our friends do not come to our house any more.

The ones we have left that is.

They are always welcome at our door

But they always give us a miss.

It all started when the sofa broke you see.

We were not surprised, it was very old.

So we went to the shop (after a hot pot of tea.)

We found what we wanted, and soon it was sold.

It arrived home first, which we found rather odd.

It sat to be unwrapped in the sitting room.

But first, said I, Let's have a nice bit of cod.

Thinking nothing of the strange sense of gloom.

Wrapping removed, we admired our new Chesterfield.

Covered in burgundy leather, it was really quite nice.

The neighbours will think we are well-heeled.

(But it was very cheap at the price.)

I think it was our poor cat that first got caught.

We thought it had left home because it did seem in distress.

It ran into the sitting room on seeing the dog Fred bought.

(From a man at the pub who said it would beat an express.)

Next it was that very dog. We had only had it a week.

Asleep in the sitting room. (Fred had seen it in there.)

It must have