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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=455440" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Jonah and the Grampus</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'll tell you the story of Jonah,<br>A really remarkable tale;<br>A peaceful and humdrum existence he had<br>Until one day he went for a sail. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The weather were grand when they started,<br>But later at turn of the tide<br>The wind started blowing, the water got rough,<br>And Jonah felt funny inside.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the ship started pitching and tossing<br>He tried hard his feelings to smother,<br>At last he just leant his head over the side<br>And one thing seemed to bring up another.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the sailors saw what he were doing<br>It gave them a bit of a jar;<br>They didn't mind trippers enjoying theirselves,<br>But thowt this 'ere were going too far.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Said one "Is there nowt you can think on<br>To stop you from feelin' so bad?"<br>And Jonah said "Aye, lift me over the side<br>And chuck me in, there's a good lad."</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sailor were not one to argue,<br>He said "Happen you know what's best."<br>Then he picked Jonah up by the seat of his pants<br>And chucked him in, as per request.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A Grampus came up at that moment,<br>And seeing the old man hard set,<br>It swam to his side and it opened its mouth<br>And said "Come in lad, out of the wet."</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Its manner were kindly and pleading,<br>As if to say R.S.V.P.<br>Said Jonah "I've eaten a kipper or two,<br>But I never thowt one would eat me."</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The inside of Grampus surprised him,<br>'Twere the first time he'd been behind scenes;<br>He found 'commodation quite ample for one<br>But it smelled like a tin of sardines.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then over the sea they went cruising,<br>And Jonah were filled with delight;<br>With his eye to the blow-'ole in t'Grampus's head<br>He watched ships that passed in the night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"I'm tired of watching," said Jonah,<br>"I'll rest for a minute or so."<br>"I'm afraid as you wont find your bed very soft,"<br>Said the Grampus, "I've got a hard roe."</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At that moment up came a whale boat,<br>Said Jonah, "What's this 'ere we've struck?"<br>"They're after my blubber," the Grampus replied,<br>"You'd better 'old tight while I duck."</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The water came in through the spy-'ole<br>And hit Jonah's face a real slosher,<br>He said, "Shut your blow-'ole!" and Grampus replied<br>"I can't lad, it needs a new washer."</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jonah tried 'ard to bail out the water,<br>But found all his efforts in vain,<br>For as fast as he emptied the slops out through the gills<br>They came in through the blow 'ole again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When at finish they came to the surface<br>Jonah took a look out and he saw<br>They were stuck on a bit of a sandbank that lay<br>One rod, pole or perch from the shore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Said the Grampus, "We're in shallow water,<br>I've brought you as far as I may;<br>If you sit on the blow 'ole on top of my head<br>I'll spout you the rest of the way."</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So Jonah obeyed these instructions,<br>And the Grampus his lungs did expand,<br>Then blew out a fountain that lifted Jo' up<br>And carried him safely to land.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There was tears in their eyes when they parted<br>And each blew a kiss, a real big 'un,<br>Then the Grampus went off with a swish of it's tail<br>And Jonah walked back home to Wigan.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Marriott+Edgar">Marriott Edgar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=455440" data-title="Jonah and the Grampus de Marriott Edgar" data-description="I'll tell you the story of Jonah, A really remarkable tale; A peaceful and humdrum existence he had Until one day he went for a sail. The weather were grand when they started, But later at turn of the tide The wind started blowing, the water got..."></div> </div> </div>
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