Little Brown Dog
The little brown dog
stops to sniff sniff sniff.
It wags its tail
at the whiff whiff whiff
of three hot sausages
left to cool cool cool.
The little brown dog
starts to drool drool drool.
It snags the sausages.
It scoff scoff scoffs.
What a happy brown dog!
Off it trot trot trots.
stops to sniff sniff sniff.
It wags its tail
at the whiff whiff whiff
of three hot sausages
left to cool cool cool.
The little brown dog
starts to drool drool drool.
It snags the sausages.
It scoff scoff scoffs.
What a happy brown dog!
Off it trot trot trots.
This poem is copyright (©) Kathryn Dove 2025

About the Writer
Kathryn Dove
Kathryn writes fiction and poetry for children. She enjoys the alchemy of poetry and seeing how a dash of imagination can transform ordinary life into something surprising and wonderful. She has lived in London and spent a summer working in a small village on the west coast of Scotland. Kathryn now lives with her family in Auckland, New Zealand.