Solomon the Snail And the Big Purple Whale

By

Oswald Campbell

C2010

Oswald Campbell

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Alone sat Solomon a snail in his prime,

but he wanted to go farther then he could with his slime.

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He longed for adventure, He longed for the sea. He’d never be happy

stuck at home in a tree.

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So he searched for a ship in those branches so green, then he spotted his vessel, the best leaf he’d seen.

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Now to you and me it was only a leaf.

To Solomon, it was his ship. He was master and chief.

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He rigged up his leaf and set sail in May. The water was blue

but the sky was quite grey.

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When Solomon set sail, he came to a gale.

His leaf boat was sinking. So he started to bail.

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In that gloomy old storm he started to sink.

Both snail and leaf boat going down in the drink.

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When out on the skyline he saw a great hump. It was not a rock…

and it was not a stump.

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The hump it was moving

indeed it could swim. Then Solomon realized it was coming for him!

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Solomon stood waiting.

He clung to the rail. When he saw it up closer it was a big purple whale!

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Solomon the snail was afraid of the whale, so much bigger than he, so much greater a tail.

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In his place on his boat things looked quite grim. But in spite of his fear,

Solomon called out to him.

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“Hello!” said the whale, as he squinted to see. The snails little boat,

that he pulled off the tree.

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“Oh please Mr. Whale there’s so much I would be

if only my ship were not a leaf you see.”

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“Sorry to say Your plan was quite slack.

Come on little snail climb up on my back.”

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So Solomon the snail despite his great fear,

abandoned his leaf for the giant whale rear.

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So he sailed way up high, on the purple whales hip. The great purple whale,

was Solomon’s ship.

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So they sailed far and wide, through gale and through sun.

They went many places, and both had great fun.

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They sailed around the world and came back to the tree,

where Solomon Snail set sail from you see.

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So a big purple whale and a snail became friends, for the rest of their lives,

and our story ends.

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The End

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