Sample Pages from Old Dog and the Christmas Wish
The dog walked stiffly back along his chain and crawled under a fallen tree. An angel perched on the fence watching him. She saw the sadness in his tired eyes and knew his time was coming to an end. The angel looked to the heavens and asked if the old dog might know the magic of Christmas just once before he left the earth.
The next day was Christmas Eve. Visitors came and went from the neighbor’s home. It was evening before the dog walked to the end of the fence and looked around the corner. Wooden figures now stood in the grass. Two knelt over a baby sleeping in a bed of hay. A cow and a donkey huddled nearby. A shepherd stood with his sheep. Above them, a glorious star illuminated the heavens.
The old dog looked at the sleeping baby and knew this child was special. He searched the yard, certain there would be a dog at this wondrous celebration to keep watch over the child. But no dog stood with the animals. No dog sat by the child in the hay.