For her first one she wanted
the stable, on its roof, to have,
long and yellow straws, with
sawdust covering the floor
and over the stable's top
the likes of a shining star.

A crib placed in the middle
holding Jesus the Holy Infant,
with Mary knelt on its left
and Joseph on the right;
she also wanted shepherds
kneeling all around.

In the stable she wanted
a fresh milk giving cow,
plastic chickens "borrowed"
from her brother's toy farm,
and what can be more cute
that a few little lambs?

A cute little donkey
will be placed well inside,
but a goat she didn't wanted
saying goats smell funny bad,
adding it, the little Jesus
would think she had gone mad.

With gold, incense and myrrh
the three Wise Men will arrive,
Melchior riding a camel,
on a horse will be Balthasar,
with Caspar on the rear
riding an elephant.

Elephant?!!! dear granddaughter
there wasn't any elephant...!!!
shelooked at me like I was silly
and said, "of course there was,"
and with both hands on her hips
she become firm and adamant.

So, there this year will be a new
Nativity Stable on our lawn,
and I am sure the churchgoers
will look when passing with surprise
at the well known Nativity scene
now with an added elephant.