ANOTHER TRUE INCIDENT

The Beagle's naturalist, Mr. Darwin,
Found a toad miles away from water.
Kindly, he carried it in his hat for hours
To a pond. There, it almost drowned
Until he scooped it out again.
The toad, an atheist till then,
Preached afterwards that Fate

His unmourned death had decreed

Had not his frantic prayers
Moved God to reconsider.