Creation

When God had made the earth and sky,

the flowers and the trees,

He then made all the animals,

the fish, the birds, and bees.
 

And when at last He'd finished,

not one was quite the same.

He said, "I'll walk this world of mine

and give each one a name."
 

And so He traveled far and wide,

and everywhere He went,

a little creature followed Him

 ntil its strength was spent.
 

When all were named upon the Earth

and in the sky and sea,

the little creature said, "Dear Lord,

there's no name left for me."
 

Kindly the Father said to him,

"I've left you to the end.

I've turned my own name back to front

and called you DOG, my friend".
 

(Author unknown; printed in Grace magazine, Christchurch Dorset, Spring 1997)