Wallaby Bob the Mongrel dog

Hello again my friends, here I am once again with a story to tell, this time about an Legend, only this time , a four legged legend. I am sure after reading this amazing story you will all be so proud of Wallaby Bob the Mongrel Dog...a legend in his own lifetime.

Enjoy the read and look forward to posting again soon. Dazza.

WALLABY BOB THE MONGREL DOG

NOW BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS

WHEN BOB WAS BUT A PUP

OLD JACK THE DROVER

THOUGHT AT LAST HE WAS IN LUCK

ALL HIS LIFE HE’D BEEN A DROVIN

AND HE’D HAD A DOG OR TWO

BUT NONE TO MATCH THE KEENNESS

OF HIS MONGREL PUP…..FROM UP KALANGADOO.

YEAH – OLD JACK WAS A HIGHLANDS DROVER

SO HE NEEDED A SPECIAL BREED OF DOG

ONE THAT COULD SKIRT THE BROADEST TREE

AND JUMP OVER THE BIGGEST LOG

ONE THAT COULD SWIM A MOUNTAIN STREAM

AND CLIMB THOSE ROCKY PEAKS

AND IF EVER CALLED UPON…..

ROUND UP A FLOCK OF SHEEP.

SO THE DAY ARRIVED WHEN OLD JACK

DECIDED TO PUT HIS MONGREL INTO WORK

BOB WAS AT THE SIT BESIDE OLD BESS

WHEN HIS NOSE BEGAN TO JERK

HE PRICKED HIS EARS AND LICKED HIS JOWLS

THEN RACED OFF TO CHASE A ROO

JACK COULD HEAR HIM IN THE SCRUB

BUT THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO.

NOW JACK SAT TALL IN THE SADDLE

AND WENT SEARCHING FAR AND WIDE

HE SCOURED THE MOUNTAIN FORESTS

AND AROUND THE LAKE HE DID RIDE

THE DAYS THEY TURNED INTO WEEKS

AS HE CROSSED THE HORIZON SEEKING SOME SIGN

OFTEN HE THOUGHT HE HEARD HIS BARK

BUT HIS MONGREL DOG HE COULD NOT FIN

SUMMER HAD QUIETLY PASSED ON BY

ANOTHER WINTER WAS LOOMING LARGE

JACK AND BESS HAD DONE THE DROVIN

THE HIGHLAND SHEEP WERE IN THE YARD

JACKS ELBOW RESTED ON THE BAR

HE WAS STILL LAMENTING THE LOSS OF BOB

WHEN FROM OUTSIDE CAME THE CRY –

“LOOKEE THERE, ITS OLD JACKS MONGREL DOG! “

YES, THERE WAS BOB THE MONGREL DOG

LIMPING – BUT PROUDLY IN BEHIND

THE BIGGEST MOB OF WALLABY

THAT ONE COULD EVER FIND

HE’D RUN EM DOWN THE MOUNTAIN

THEN SWUM EM STRAIGHT ACROSS THE LAKE

SUCH WAS HIS DROVIN SKILLS

NOT ONE WALLABY MADE A BREAK.

JACK SMILED WHEN HE OPENED UP THE GATE

AND LET THE MOB INTO THE YARD

BUT WHAT WOULD HE DO WITH A THOUSAND ROO

HE’D HAVE TO THINK REAL HARD

AND NOW THE LEGEND OF THIS DROVERS DOG

IS LEFT TO BE TOLD IN VERSE AND SONG

FOR WHEN JACK CLOSED THE GATE AND TURNED AROUND

WALLABY BOB HIS MONGREL DOG – WAS WELL AND TRULY GONE!

DARRELL B. PARKER

Weaver of words and emotions