Playground Ghost

The playground ghost

Once upon a time in a school
Next to the sports hut and the pool
Far from the road into town was a spooky playground
Kids at the school didn't want to play
In the playground on a sunny day
The swings moved up and down
And side to side all on their own

The big slide was sometimes grimy
With something green, slippery and slimy
The carousel spun with a creaking sound
But no one was pushing it around

At the school was a lonely girl
With long curly hair, called Pearl
The other kids told her she couldn't play with them (ah)
So she wouldn't
Pearl spent her time looking out at the spooky slide
And roundabout, and the swings that creaked and groaned
Why were they moving on their own?

One afternoon after lunch break
Pearl decided to investigate
While everyone else played inside the playground
She walked towards the big slide
It was covered in green slime again
She went deeper into the playground then
The swings were now silent and still
Pearl shivered, like she had a chill

At the edge of the playground were some trees
They were tall, with dark spiky leaves
Pearl parted their branches and peered inside
Boo! Out of the trees a ghost did glide
Ah! Pearl jumped out of her skin

The little white ghost gave a ghostly grin
It flew around her with a twirl
And then back into the trees, it whirled
The shock began to wear off Pearl
She wasn't afraid of a ghost that twirled
"Who are you?," she called into the trees
The ghost came back out, looking pleased

"Who are you?," the ghost said to Pearl
She told it her name and he did a whirl
"I'm a lonely ghost," the ghost said
Then it bowed his white little head
"Everyone ignores me," he did say
"I'm always here", but they won't play
Me too, "I'll play with you," said Pearl
Yippe! The ghost did an excited twirl
"Let's play hide and seek," the ghost said

It disappeared into the air instead
"Hey, that's not fair," Pearl did shout
Then she spotted the ghost on the roundabout
"Found you" (ha-ha-ha), she laughed and went to hide
Right underneath the big slimy slide
The ghost popped out there with a boo!
It giggled and said, "Found you too"

The pair were having so much fun
That soon they'd been seen by everyone
"Who's pearl playing with?," the other kids said
Their eyes boggled out of their heads
The kids came out into the playground
"Boo!," said the ghost and whirled around
"It's a friendly ghost," Pearl told the others
At last, they all played with one another