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Epic Publishing Co.
Category:
Children
Publisher: Epic Publishing Co.
ISBN-10: 0967402573
Type: Fiction
Pages: 35
Copyright: 3rd Ed. June 6, 1999
ISBN-13: 9780967402574
A deliightful story parable about an old man and his aging hound - Santa Claus and his old mongrel hound.
This is a wonderful Christmas story written in verse. The message of the story can change a persons life. It is not a religious story, only a story where an old dog teaches us that:
It isn't the color of the hair or the eyes,
It's the things that you don't see.
It's the heart that dwells inside~!
Excerpt
Why, who still seeks your hand
when there's no food that day?
When fortune has fled,
who still wants to stay"
When success is elusive,
When life's promises fail,
Who remains at your side,
No matter the trail"
Who sees mas as a king,
though a pauper he be?
Who never deserts him
Though his other friends flee?
Courage, compassion -
love that's not learned,
Measure for measure
deserve being returned
Man pays tribute to friends
in many fine ways,
A statue, a plaque,
a flowery phrase.
But his honors and compliments
certainly pale,
With the tribute expressed
by a hound's wagging tail?
Why, it isn't the color
of the hair or the eyes.
It's things that you don't see,
It's the greatness INSIDE!
In all of life's blessings
no greater I've found,
Than the blessings exchanged
in the eyes of my hound.
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