{"id":5272,"date":"2010-09-01T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T17:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/2010\/09\/01\/childrens-verse-brooke-and-the-ramshackle-ship\/"},"modified":"2010-09-01T11:06:13","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T18:06:13","slug":"childrens-verse-brooke-and-the-ramshackle-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2010\/09\/01\/childrens-verse-brooke-and-the-ramshackle-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Children’s Verse: Brooke and the Ramshackle Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Steve Bynghall
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Steve Bynghall lives in London, England. Other poems about Brooke and her useless Dad appear on Smories.com.\u00a0 Visit http:\/\/www.smories.com\/author\/steve-bynghall\/<\/a> for more details.\u00a0 If you want to be notified when a new Brooke story will be\u00a0appearing please email brookesortsitout@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Brooke and the Ramshackle Ship<\/h2>\n

Brooke’s Dad was the captain
\nOf the world’s most hopeless boat
\nIt was ramshackle and rotten
\nIt could hardly stay afloat!<\/p>\n

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And on this useless vessel
\nWere the completly useless crew
\nA set of silly sailors
\nWho didn’t have a clue!<\/p>\n

The engine wasn’t working
\nThe ship radio would fail
\nThe boat just wasn’t good enough
\nTo go out and set sail!<\/p>\n

Brooke had a big big think
\nShe thought “It’s up to me!
\nI’ll help make things better
\nSo we can go to sea!”<\/p>\n

All the paint was peeling
\nNothing was ship shape!
\nA hole in the boat’s bottom
\nWas fixed with sticky tape!<\/p>\n

Brooke shook her head and said
\n“It’s like nobody cares!
\nLet’s give this boat a paint
\nAnd work on the repairs!”<\/p>\n

The crew quaked in their cabins
\nThey blubbered and they wailed!
\nThe were scared of ocean serpents
\nWith fangs and slimy scales!<\/p>\n

Brooke yelled “What nonense!
\nSea monsters don’t exist!
\nStop being such silly sailors!
\nI really must insist!”<\/p>\n

The cook always felt seasick
\nEach time the boat rocked.
\nHe never felt like making food
\nEven when the boat was docked!<\/p>\n

“Ride on a rollercoaster
\nAnd keep getting on and on!
\nAfer that waves will feel tame
\nYour sickness will be gone!”<\/p>\n

The navigator on the boat
\nDidn’t know where he was going
\nIn fact he didn’t even seem to know
\nWhich way the wind was blowing!<\/p>\n

Brooke said “Your bad steering
\nCould really cause a rumpus!
\nYou need to use binoculars
\nA map and a compass!”<\/p>\n

So with all Brooke’s ideas on board
\nThings improved so fast
\nThat the boat felt like it was new
\nIt could set sail at last!<\/p>\n

And in the middle of the ocean
\nThe now excellent crew
\nSang a song as they sailed
\n“Brooke, it’s all thanks to you!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The End<\/p>\n

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“Brooke and the Ramshackle Ship<\/em>” Copyright \u00a9 2010 by Steve Bynghall, All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Steve Bynghall Steve Bynghall lives in London, England. Other poems about Brooke and her useless Dad appear on Smories.com.\u00a0 Visit http:\/\/www.smories.com\/author\/steve-bynghall\/ for more details.\u00a0 If you want to be notified when a new Brooke story will be\u00a0appearing please email brookesortsitout@gmail.com. Brooke and the Ramshackle Ship Brooke’s Dad was the captain Of the world’s most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,619],"tags":[2481,69,167,886,18,1284],"class_list":["post-5272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-stories","category-childrens-story-collection","tag-childrens-stories","tag-kids","tag-poem","tag-ship","tag-story","tag-storybook"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t