“LADDIE”
"I'm sorry, kids, but Laddie's dead.
Chased a car and got run over.
We'll bury him behind the shed,
Just like we did with Rover."
"No  problem, Mom," the children say.
"You'll soon find us another.
Right now  we're going out to play
With Susie and her brother."
Back home they fly,  in dark despair:
"We just found poor dead Laddie."
"But, kids, I thought  you didn't care."
"Mom, we thought you said 'Daddy!'"