The Gift In "The Gift" by Louise Glock, the little boy is calling oggie, oggie, at his front door. This could mean several things, first we would have to look at clues. The poem states that the mother is praying to GOD. One could infer that the boys dog died and he is calling without reward to his lost friend. Therefore the most logical response would be that the boy was in fact calling for his dead dog. In the opening paragraph I stated what I thought the main idea for the poem was. But that does not mean that is the only message implied. The child also was calling for oggie, oggie, but in fact every