THE LEGEND GOES
THAT ON CHRISTMAS DAY
THE BABY LAY SHIVERING
AND FUSSING
THE STABLE WAS COLD
IT HAD NO HEAT
THE PARENTS HAD DONE WHAT THEY COULD
YOU CAN ONLY CARRY SO MUCH
ON FOOT
FROM NAZARETH TO BETHLEHEM
WHEN AN ALLEY CAT
AN ORDINARY TABBY
A MOUSER
A STABLE DWELLER
JUMPED IN THE FEED BOX
STARTLED THE PARENTS
MADE TO SHOO IT
BUT STOPPED
THE BABY WAS SLEEPING
THE CAT WAS PURRING
AND LENDING BODY WARMTH
IT STAYED WITH THE BABY
AS LONG AS THEY STAYED IN THE STABLE
WHEN THEY WERE READY TO LEAVE
MARY PETTED THE CAT
THANKED IT FOR ITS SERVICE
AND LEFT THE LETTER M
ON ITS FACE
TWO VERTICAL LINES
OVER ITS EYES
AND A V
OVER ITS FOREHEAD
MANY CATS TODAY
CARRY THE MARK
A REMINDER
THAT CHILDREN
ARE STILL COLD
THAT IF AN ANIMAL COULD HELP
AN ORDINARY BARNYARD TABBY
WHY NOT HUMANS
FRANK A VOLLMER
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