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From YouTube: The Dog in the Manger with Ian
Description
In this video Ian tells us the Christmas story from the point of view of one of the Shepherd's dogs!
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What
with
all
the
comings
and
goings
with
definitely
more
arrivals
at
the
moment
than
departures
all
because
of
a
cockeyed
idea
from
some
bloke
called
augustus,
I
can't
see
why
humans
get
so
worked
up
about
answering
questions
and
scribbling
things
down
on
scrolls.
Give
me
a
good
juicy
bone
and
a
dollop
of
something
really
smelly
to
roll
in
any
day.
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After
all,
what
have
the
romans
ever
done
for
us,
and
so
we
went
on
and
on
and
on
he
calmed
down.
Eventually
after
reuben
came
back
with
the
wine
and
soon
they
were
all
chatting
away
about
this.
That
and
the
other
I'd
got
as
close
to
the
fire
as
I
could
and
was
starting
to
feel
the
warmest.
I
had
for
hours,
reuben
was
talking
about
a
couple.
Who'd
arrived
in
town,
just
as
he
was
leaving.
They'd
been
traveling
all
day
had
nowhere
to
stay,
and
the
poor
woman
was
just
about
to
have
a
baby.
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Sleep
was
just
stealing
over
me
when
all
of
a
sudden,
the
hilltop
was
bathed
in
light,
which
was
odd
because
it
wasn't
a
full
moon.
That
night
I
opened
one
eye
cautious
like
and
there
he
was
my
master,
the
man
who
faced
down
a
pack
of
wolves
in
his
prime,
the
one
man.
I
really
look
up
to
looking
scared
out
of
his
wits
and
kneeling
on
the
freezing,
cold
ground
and
him
with
rheumatics.
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His
name
is
jesus
and
you
will
find
him
lying
in
a
manger
after
he'd
finished
speaking
the
singing
started.
Now
we
dogs
are
not
known
for
our
musical
abilities.
Anyone
who's
heard
one
howling
at
night
will
vouch
for
that.
But
even
I
could
appreciate
this.
This
wasn't
the
usual
din.
I
was
used
to
the
sort
that
the
boss
and
his
lads
make
after
a
jar
or
two
of
wine
at
the
village
inn.
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This
was
your
genuine
24
carat
angelic,
choir,
complete
with
trumpets,
harps
drums
and
symbols.
In
fact
the
works.
The
next
thing
I
know
the
boss
is
bouncing
about
like
a
spring
lamb
shouting
come
on
lads.
We've
got
a
baby
to
visit,
we'll
take
him
a
lamb.
As
a
present,
oh
great,
I
thought
they're
off
to
visit
a
snug,
warm
and
cozy
pub.
Well,
I'm
left
up
here
with
me
those
frozen
to
the
ground.
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Shortly
after
our
arrival,
three
more
men
turned
up
in
they
came
with
a
long
richly
embroidered,
silk
robes
dragging
through
the
dust
surrounded
by
a
cloud
of
incense
and
perfume.
I
could
smell
them
long
before
they
came
in
through
the
door,
the
cat
wrinkled
up
her
nose
in
disgust
and
stalked
off
into
the
night.
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I
must
admit:
I've
never
really
got
on
with
camels
nasty,
bad
tempered,
smelly
things.
If
you
ask
me
and
don't
get
me
started
on
the
spitting
business,
as
I
was
saying,
the
boss
and
his
boys
had
shuffled
off
to
one
side.
The
three
strangers
went
up
to
the
baby
and
then
they
knelt
down
now.
This
has
got
to
be
one
very
special
baby.
I
said
to
the
other
animals.
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What
are
they
giving
him
muttered
the
donkey?
He
was
rather
short-sighted
and
having
difficulty
seeing
what
was
going
on.
I
listened
to
the
conversation
between
the
visitors
and
the
couple
before
replying
gold,
frankincense
and
myrrh,
so
that
was
definite.
Then
here
was
a
special
baby,
because
these
were
very
expensive
gifts
and
would
not
be
given
to
just
anybody.