There once was a little tugboat named Fred who lived in the Cook Islands. Fred had always wanted to travel the world (he was built in Glasgow). He was a lonely little tug because so few large ships cane into the harbour.
Fred had made friends with the dolphins whose king he had once saved. During a storm the dolphin king had been thrown on to a rock by a particularly large wave and was knocked out. When he came round, it was Fred who was used to tug him back to the water where he could swim away.
Many years before Fred had another tug for company. Fred's friend was needed elsewhere to work back in their native Glasgow. Now Fred was reaching the age where old tugs are retired. And this made Fred sad because he knew that many old ships were sold for scrap. But the lonely little tug was taken pity on by an old man who was visiting the Cook Islands and had for some time been planning a tour of the UK by boat. He liked Fred so much that he chose him as his companion for this voyage.
The old man and Fred sailed all over Britain. From Ireland to Wales, from Cornwall to London, from Liverpool to Newcastle round up the East coast of Scotland past John O'Groats and on to the Northern Isles to Orkney and Shetland which Fred liked because there were many islands and it reminded him of his home in the Cook Islands.
After visiting the larger but equally beautiful Western Isles of Lewis, Harris, Skye and Mull the ship and its captain sailed up the Clyde into Glasgow. The old man was so taken by this port that he decided to stay a while to get to know it a bit better. [23:54:58] Quite soon into their stay the old man got talking with an old lady who shared his interests and who also owned a tug boat who had recently retired. Imagine Fred's surprise and delight to discover that the old lady's boat was none other than his friend from the Cook Islands.
Brought closer by their love of the tugs, the two people grew closer and settled down together. Fred the tug and his friend sometimes took them on trips up and down the Clyde and they all lived happily ever after.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
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