A DOG AND A KID

No one will invent and no one ever did
A happier pair than a dog and a kid.
For doubt can't bedim nor can worry befog
The gay zestful way of a kid and a dog.
Athrob with adventure, their hearts beat as one,
Their pulses resurge with the rhythm of fun.
They swing into action as impulse may bid,
"Today is the day" for a dog and a kid.
Oh God, clear the pathway along which they jog
And smooth out the bumps for a kid and his dog.
And make the world that they wander amid
A place truly fit for a dog and a kid.

                                Berton Fraley

MUFFIT AND THE MOUSE
AS GREAT, BIG MUFFIT SAT UNDER AN OLD SHADY TREE,
ALONG CAME A MOUSE AS SILLY AS COULD BE.
"MUFFIT WILL YOU PLAY WITH ME?"
"OH YES SAID MUFFIT, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN."
SO AWAY SHE WENT, SO FAST SHE RAN.
"I'LL CATCH YOU MUFFIT, YOU KNOW I CAN!"
SOON IT WAS DARK,
AND MUFFIT BARKED,
"GO AWAY LITTE MOUSE,
GET AWAY FROM MY HOUSE!"
THE MOUSE RAN AWAY TO HER OWN LITTLE BUSH,
AND WAS SO EXHAUSTED, SHE FELL ON HER TUSH!"

Virginia Mills, 1989.

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