My Friend Rover

When I was young and very small

            we had a dog called Rover

I wondered why he’d sniff each tree

            and try to kick it over.

I’d say to him “go fetch the ball”

            he was’nt keen to do it

his look said “you go get the thing –

            you’er the one who threw it.”

He was my close companion

            and then one day he died

Oh how much we missed him

            and oh how much I cried.

Through my tears I asked my Dad

            why did he have to die?

Dad said “he heard his name called

            from the kennel in the sky.”

By She