I have done mostly what most people do, 

And pushed it out of my mind;

But I can't forget if I wanted to, 

Four-Feet trotting behind,



Day after day, the whole day through-

Wherever my road inclined-

Four-Feet said, "I am coming with you!"

And trotted along behind

Now I must go by some other round—

Which I shall never find—

Somewhere that does not carry the sound

Of Four Feet trotting behind.



-RUDYARD KIPLING, "Four-Feet"