Creation

When god had made the earth and sky,

The flowers and the trees

He then made all the animals,

And all the birds and bees.

And when his work was finished,

Not one was quite the same,

He said “I’ll walk this earth of mine,

And give each one a name.”

And so he travelled land and sea,

And everywhere He went,

A little creature followed Him

Until 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 not one left for me.”

The Father smiled and softly said

“I’ve left you till the end

I’ve turned my own name back to front

And called you Dog, my friend.”

                        Author Unknown

A Hint for Teetotallers

When Noah alighted on the height

Of Ararat one summer night,

There came an angel to the Ark;

Quoth he, “My friend, Sir Patriarch!

I’ll grant your wish, whate’er it be,

If you will tell it to me.”

Old Noah replied, “you’re very kind,

But water is not to my mind;

The reason you will see, I’m sure,

What drowned the world must be impure;

My prayer is this, I rather think

I’d like a little better drink!”

Off flew the angel in a trice,

And winged his way to paradise.

He had a private key, and brought

A vine-tree of the choicest sort,

And taught the honest Patriarch how

To plant and tend, and make it grow.

A pupil apt proved Noah they say,

He planted both by night and day,

And soon built up a spacious store,

And crammed it full with casks galore,

Made from the Ark whose gopher wood

Supplied materials stout and good.

Now, Noah was a holy man,

Water he never drank again;

He made a vow, and kept it, too,

Till cask by cask he drank’em through

And so kept on three hundred year

Before they laid him on his Bier.

Then I’ve a right to say, I think,

That wine’s a good and wholesome drink;

Nay, more! A man should, I opine,

With water never mix his wine!

What drowned the world  can’t well be sweet,

"So always take your liquor neat."

The Bulletin

" Believe in yourself and in your dream
Though impossible things may seem,
Someday, somehow, you'll get through
To the goal you have in view.
Mountains fall and seas divide
Before the one who in his stride
Takes a hard road day by day,
Sweeping obstacles away.
Believe in yourself and in your plan,
Say not - I cannot - but, I can.
The prizes of life we fail to win
Because we doubt the power within."

                      Author Unknown