BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ADVOCACY & EDUCATION TEAM! ~DH~ Merry Christmas to you and pets everywhere! The Night Before Christmas has been parodied many times and in many ways over the years. Here, I give you a pet’s version of the story: Twas the night before petmas when all through the pack Not an animal was stirring, not even for snacks The stockings where chewed by the chimney with care In hopes that Santapaws soon would be there The doggies were nestled all snug in their beds While visions of rawhides danced in their heads And the cat in the cat tree and I in a lap Had just settled down for long winters nap When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter I sprang, barked, and jumped to see what was the matter Away to the window the cat flew with a flash Hissed at the shutters and clawed up the sash The moonlight was bright on the new fallen snow Lighting up cat eyes that watched from below Then what to the wondering cat eyes should appear But a miniature sleigh and eight dogs dressed like reindeer With a funny man driver, who was breaking speed laws I knew in a moment it must be Santapaws More rapid than beagles, his coursers they came And he whistled and barked, and he called them by name Now Dasher, now Dancer, now Prancer and Vixen On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen! To the top of the cat tree that sits in the hall Now dash away, dash away, snacks for you all! As dry leaves that before wild squirrel chasers fly When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky So up to the dog house the coursers they flew With the sleigh full of cat toys and boney chews too And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing, and it made me go woof As I threw back my head and barked like a hound Down the chimney Santapaws came with a bound He was dressed all in fur from his head to his snoot And his clothes were all tarnished with dog spit and soot A bundle of rawhides were flung on his back And he looked like a dog walker opening his pack His eyes, how they twinkled, his dimples how merry his cheeks were like dog biscuits, his nose like a berry His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow And the cat played with his beard as white as the snow The stump of a biscuit he held tight in his teeth And the crumbs from it encircled his head like a wreath He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook when he laughed like a dog dish of jelly He was chubby and plump a right jolly old elf And I barked when I saw him, in spite of myself A wink of his eye and a pet on my head Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread He spoke not a word, but straightened his fur Filled up the pet stockings, then turned with a purr And laying a paw pad aside of his nose And giving a nod up the chimney he rose He sprang to his sleigh, to his dogs gave a whistle And away they all flew like the fur of a thistle But I heard him exclaim as the cat played with the lights... Merry Petmas to all And be good companions tonight!
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:35:01 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015