Irritating Creature

For school, Kate had to memorize and recite this poem.  They had the option to bring a sibling as a prop for the "irritating creature."  It was pretty cute!

There's an irritating creature in my living room today,

it's been here for a year now, and it will not go away.

The first time that I saw it, it was in my easy chair,

and displayed no inclination to forsake its station there.

I put it in a parcel, and I left it at the store,

the thing was there to greet me when I opened up my door,

I took it to the forest, and I tied it to a tree,

I found it in my kitchen having sandwiches and tea.

I packed it in a carton to disguise its size and shape,

I wrapped it and I stamped it and I sealed it shut with tape,

I mailed it to the middle of a mountain in Tibet,

I returned to see it sitting on my brand-new TV set.

I concealed it in a rocket that was bound for outer space,

it was back that very evening with a smile upon its face.

It appears I can't evict it, though I truly wish I could,

it's entirely too tenacious - I suspect it's here for good.