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‘Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.’
      - Rudyard  Kipling.




A spade now stands ready beside the shed;
such a cold January and he’s not yet dead.
He may be ill, he may have forgotten,
what a dog is trained to do, but he’s ours,
and he’s given us of his very best.
So, we shall watch and mind him in the hours,
to help him along to his long days rest;
and then, when all is remembered and said,
the spade will be ready beside the shed.



         (Bobby, Springer Spaniel)

             © D G Moody 2023