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Henry's Goat's Blog Part 14

9 April 2007

So here is the story you want me to tell.

You asked for a blog about all that befell

That day when I just did not know what to do;

The one thing I knew was the sky was so blue.

I was terribly scared when the boat sprung a leak,

As you can imagine: whose help could I seek?

I must have passed out. When I later came to,

I was lying in bed, and around me – guess who?

The stoat and the puppy dog sitting right here;

The white rabbit too, all the way from Ikea.

I looked, and I saw there were teddies galore,

The penguins, the dolphin, the duckling – and more:

The parrot, the badger, the bear with no hair;

The monkey, who’d leapt from the back of the chair;

The owl that’s called Hedwig; the hog and the dog;

The lion; the elephant chasing the frog;

The snowman, the santa, the panther that’s pink;

The big bear and small bear, who’d climbed from the sink;

The squeaky banana, the funny old bunny;

The doll and the scarecrow, who’d finished the honey;

The snake, the racoon and the clown, all in brown,

His face wreathed in smiles – with no hint of a frown.

Such friends! I had panicked, of course, and I thought

I was all on my own in the boat I had bought,

Forgetting that so many friends were nearby.

They saw me in trouble. They all heard me cry.

What a blessing for me there was help close at hand.

They soon got me out; I was safe on dry land.

They rescued my craft from the depths of the moat,

And painted it freshly – a gleaming ‘That Goat’.

So that is the story – and all of it true –

Of when my boat sank (and the sky was so blue).

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