CHARLEY’S PUPPY.
Charley wrote me that his puppy was white but had a black spot on his back.
A spot of black
Upon his back,
Will plainly mark your puppy dog;
A spot of red
Upon his head,
Would show he’s not a little hog.
What puppies know
They scarce can show,
Until their mammies let them out;
Like little boys
That play with toys,
They hardly know what they’re about.
A master once,
A cruel dunce,
Struck hard his puppy while at play;
The puppy sad,
Felt awful bad,
Dropped down his tail and ran away.
A master kind
Will quickly find,
That puppies try to do their part;
So gentle be,
Let puppy see
There’s no black spot upon your heart.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Written for Children.
Merry Christmas, friends, I wish you all well,
And many pretty things for your pockets,
May your Christmas box be a great big shell,
Filled with everything nice but sky rockets.