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Robert W Service - Abandoned Dog
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	They dumped it on the lonely road,
	      Then like a streak they sped;
	And as along the way I strode
	      I thought that it was dead:
	And then I saw that yelping pup
	      Rise, race to catch them up.
	     
	You know how silly wee dogs are.
	      It thought they were in fun.
	Trying to overtake their car
	      I saw it run and run:
	But as they faster, faster went,
	      It stumbled, sore and spent.

	I found it prone upon the way;
	      Of life was little token.
	As limply in the dust it lay
	      I thought its heart was broken:
	Then one dim eye it opened and
	      It sought to lick my hand.

	Of course I took it gently up
	      And brought it to my wife
	Who loves all dogs, and now that pup
	      Shares in our happy life:
	Yet how I curse the bastards who
	      Its good luck never knew!
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