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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is tale of tiny snail<\/p>\n
And a great big, grey-blue humpback whale.<\/p>\n
This is a rock as black as soot,<\/p>\n
And tis is a snail with an itchy foot.<\/p>\n
The sea snail slithered all over the rock<\/p>\n
And gazed at the sea and the ships in the dock.<\/p>\n
And as she gazed she sniffed and sighed.<\/p>\n
“The sea is deep and the world is wide!<\/p>\n
How I long to sail!”<\/p>\n
Said the tiny snail.<\/p>\n
These are the other snails in the flock,<\/p>\n
Who all stuck tight to the smooth black rock<\/p>\n
And said to the snail with the itchy foot,<\/p>\n
“Be quiet! Don’t wriggle! Sit still! Stay put!”<\/p>\n
But the tiny sea snail sighed and sniffed,<\/p>\n
Then cried, “I’ve got it! I’ll hitch a lift!”<\/p>\n
This is the trail<\/p>\n
Of the tiny snail,<\/p>\n
A silvery trail that looped and curled<\/p>\n
And said…<\/p>\n
This is the whale who came one night<\/p>\n When the tide was high and the stars were bright.<\/p>\n A humpback whale, immensely long,<\/p>\n Who sang to the snail a wonderful song<\/p>\n Of shimmering ice and coral caves<\/p>\n And shooting stars and enormous waves.<\/p>\n And this is the tail<\/p>\n Of the humpback whale.<\/p>\n He held it out of the starlit sea<\/p>\n And said to the snail,<\/p>\n “Come sail with me.”<\/p>\n This is the sea,<\/p>\n So wild and free,<\/p>\n That carried the whale<\/p>\n And the snail on his tail<\/p>\n To towering icebergs and far-off lands,<\/p>\n With fiery mountains and golden sands.<\/p>\n These are the waves that arched and crashed,<\/p>\n That foamed and frolicked and sprayed and splashed<\/p>\n The tiny snail<\/p>\n On the tail of the whale.<\/p>\n These are the caves<\/p>\n Beneath the waves,<\/p>\n Where stripy fish with feathery fins<\/p>\n And sharks with hideous toothy grins<\/p>\n Swam round the whale<\/p>\n And the snail on his tail.<\/p>\n This is the sky<\/p>\n So vast and high,<\/p>\n Sometimes sunny and blue and warm,<\/p>\n sometimes filled with a thunderstorm,<\/p>\n With zigzag lightning<\/p>\n Flashing and frightening<\/p>\n The tiny snail<\/p>\n On the tail of the whale.<\/p>\n And she gazed at the sky, the sea, the land,<\/p>\n The waves and the caves and the golden sand,<\/p>\n She gazed and gazed, amazed by it all,<\/p>\n And she said to the whale, “I feel so small.”<\/p>\n But then came the day<\/p>\n The whale lost his way…<\/p>\n These are the speedboats, running a race,<\/p>\n Zigging and zooming all over the place,<\/p>\n Upsetting the whale with their earsplitting roar,<\/p>\n Making him swim too close to the shore.<\/p>\n This is the tide, slipping away…<\/p>\n And this is the whale lying beached in a bay.<\/p>\n “Quick! Off the sand! Back to sea!”<\/p>\n Cried the snail.<\/p>\n “I can’t move on land! I’m too big!”<\/p>\n Moaned the whale.<\/p>\n The snail felt helpless and terrible small.<\/p>\n Then, “I’ve got it!” she cried,<\/p>\n And started to crawl.<\/p>\n “I must not fail,” said the tiny snail.<\/p>\n This is the bell on the school in the bay,<\/p>\n Ringing the children in from their play.<\/p>\n This is the teacher, holding her chalk,<\/p>\n Telling the class, “Sit straight! Don’t\u00a0talk!”\u00a0<\/p>\n This is the board, as black as soot…<\/p>\n And this is the snail with the itchy foot!<\/p>\n “A snail! A snail!”<\/p>\n The teacher turns pale.<\/p>\n “Look!” say the children.<\/p>\n “It’s leaving a trail.”<\/p>\n This is the trail<\/p>\n Of the tiny snail,<\/p>\n A silvery trail saying…<\/p>\n These are the children, running from school,<\/p>\n Fetching the firemen, digging a pool,<\/p>\n Squirting and spraying to keep the whale cool.<\/p>\n This is the tide coming into the bay,<\/p>\n And these are the villagers shouting, “Hooray!”<\/p>\n As the whale and the snail travel safely away…<\/p>\n Back to the dock<\/p>\n And the flock on the rock,<\/p>\n Who said, “How time’s flown!”<\/p>\n And, “Haven’t you grown!”<\/p>\n And the whale and the snail<\/p>\n Told their wonderful tale<\/p>\n Of shimmering ice and\u00a0coral caves,<\/p>\n And shooting stars and enormous waves,<\/p>\n And of how the snail, so small and frail,<\/p>\n With her looping, curling, silvery trail,<\/p>\n Saved the life of the humpback whale.<\/p>\n Then the humpback whale<\/p>\n Held out his tail<\/p>\n And on crawled snail after snail after snail.<\/p>\n And they sang to the sea as they all set sail<\/p>\n On the tail of the grey-blue humpback whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Snail and the whale. 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