Fwd: Twas the night before Christmas

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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

 

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse

 

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

 

In hopes that St. Nick would soon be there,

 

The children were nestled and snug in their beds,

 

With no thought of the dog filling their heads,

 

And Mama in her kerchief, and I in my cap,

Knew he was cold but didn't care about that.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.

 

Away to the window I flew like a flash.

Firguring the dog was free and into the trash.

The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow

Gave the luster of midday to objects below,

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,

But Santa Claus - his eyes full of tears.

He unchained the dog, once so lively and quick,

Last years Christmas present, now thin and sick.

More rapid that eagles he called the dog's name,

And the dog ran to him, despite all his pain.

" Now,Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen!

On Comet! On Cupid! On, Donner and Blizten!

To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall !

Let's find this dog a home where he'll be loved by all "

I knew in an instant there would be no gifts this year,

For Santa Claus had made one thing quite clear,

The gift of a dog is not just for the season,

We had gotten the pup for all the wrong reasons.

In our haste to think of giving the kids a gift

There was one important thing we missed.

You don't give a gift, then put in on a chain.

And I heard him exclaim as he rode out of sight,

You weren't given a gift! You were given a life ! "

Author Unknown

 

 

A. Spring Muller

Management Assistant

Immunology Program

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center &

Research Institute SRB 22017

12902 Magnolia Drive

Tampa, FL 33612

Phone (813) 745-8956

 

 

" We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. " ~ Immanuel Kant

 

 

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" I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of

the whole human being " . ~Abraham Lincoln

 

" If slaughterhouses had glass walls everyone would be a vegetarian " Paul

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