Captain Shipshape and a Fish Called Bryan Grandpa In My Pocket

Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

Grandpa!

No! Be careful!

Grandpa, stop!

Wahey!

'Grandpa and I had finished making a fisherman out of modelling clay.

'Mum was in Miss Smiley's cafe with her friends.

'Dad was at the bike shop.

'And Jemima was on the phone to her friend, Izzie.

'Suddenly, Dad came into the garden.

-Have you heard the news?

-BOTH: What news?

-The big ship.

-What big ship?

-There's a big ship in the harbour.

Its engine is broken and the passengers are ashore.

The bike shop is heaving, everyone wants to hire bikes.

We're running out, so I've come to fetch mine.

-See you later.

-'Then Jemima ran in.'

-Izzie just told me...

-'Then Mum arrived.'

Miss Smiley's cafe is full of people.

-And who do you think I met?

-Who?

The captain of the ship.

Captain Shipshape. He came in and had a cherry chunk...

with his fish!

-His fish(?)

-Yes, it's called Bryan.

And I've invited the captain to stay.

'Oh, yes, today we were all about to meet...'

Everybody, this is Captain Shipshape.

ALL: Hi, Captain!

"Hi, Captain"? Oh no, this will not do.

This is how to greet the captain of a ship, "How do you do, sir!"

ALL: How do you do, sir!

Oh, and this is Captain Shipshape's fish, Bryan.

How do you do, sir!

Oh, so who's an old clever clogs then?

It's Grandpa.

Well, Grandpa, perhaps you would like to learn how to greet my fish?

This is how.

Swishy swishy little fishy,

tell me, fishy, what's your wishy?

'And now it was Grandpa's turn.'

Swishy swishy, little fishy,

tell me, fishy, what's your wishy?

He never replies.

Now, everything has to be shipshape and done on time.

When my clock goes "boing",

it means something must be done till 5pm, which is my nap time.

-BOING!

-Blow me down, it's time for my juice and jammy-jumblies.

'This was too much for Grandpa.'

Help with my bags. Thank you.

He's going to be big trouble, Jason, I can smell it.

I think you're right, Grandpa.

If I can get him alone at 5pm, his nap time,

-I can get rid of him.

-Oh!

I have a plan.

Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa.

Catch me if you can!

'You know what happens when Grandpa shrinks.

'He can get in my toy car and make it go.

'He can chuff around in our Sunny Sands train.

'Or he can just run so fast I can't catch him.

'And that's what he'd done today.'

We'll put him in Jason's room. You don't mind having the sofa?

We've got to get him on his own, Jason.

'Grandpa had a plan. Grandpa always has a plan.

'He ran into the kitchen and climbed onto the table.

Fish, what's your wishy? I wish you'd answer me one day.

I know you understand me.

-HE BLOWS KISSES

-You do. You do-oo!

-Your room's all ready for you, Captain.

-Thank you.

'Just then, the doorbell rang. I rushed to the door...

-'and who should it be?'

-It's only me!

'It was Great Aunt Loretta, Grandpa's sister.'

Grandpa not here? He's missing my prune and cabbage puddings.

-And he's missing the news of the big ship...

-Loretta...

-What?

No, shh, I'm telling a story.

The captain went into Miss Smiley's cafe

and he ate FIVE cherry chunks!

Five!

'Everybody tried to stop Great Aunt Loretta talking

'because Captain Shipshape could hear her.'

People are saying the captain is absolutely bonkers!

He talks to his fish all the time!

Can you imagine? Talking to a...

..fish.

It's very nice to meet you, your captainship.

Would you like a prune and cabbage pudding?

No, I would not.

-BELL CHIMES TWICE

-Aha! Time for inspection.

Line up! Line up!

'So we all lined up for inspection.'

Hands out of pockets.

Shoulders down, girl.

You can wipe that grin off your face, funny old lady.

'Then, Grandpa had an idea.

'He signalled to me that he was going into the clock.

'I guessed he was going to try and make the time go faster,

'so the captain's nap time would come sooner.

'First, he turned off the "boing",

'then he turned the clock hands round.'

Boing! Boing!

Boing!

Blow me down, it's never made that kind of boing before.

'First, he shook the clock,

'then he banged it. Poor Grandpa!'

Three o'clock, time to scrub the decks. Come on!

Everything has to be shipshape.

-What does it have to be?

-ALL: Shipshape!

'Before we knew it, we were scrubbing the kitchen floor.

'Sure enough, Grandpa came to our rescue

'and turned the clock hands round again.'

Boing! Boing! Boing!

Boing!

Blow me down, time flies when you're enjoying yourself,

doesn't it, Bryan, my little fishy friend?

It's four o'clock already, time to dance the hornpipe.

'And that's what he made us all do, dance the hornpipe,

'which is a dance that sailors used to do in olden days.

'And it's quite odd.

'And I saw Grandpa peep out from the kitchen door.

'He couldn't resist joining in.

'When he saw how tired everyone was, especially Great Aunt Loretta,

'he ran back into the kitchen.

'And soon we heard...'

Boing! Boing! Boing! Boing!

-Boing!

-Blow me down!

-Boing!

-It's time for my nap.

Come on, Bryan, beddy-byes.

-I'll show you to your room.

-Thank you.

'As everyone went through the kitchen door,

'Grandpa jumped out of the kitchen window.

Goodness, Jason, he's a shocker.

I even felt sorry for Loretta.

But now I've got him on his own, I can carry out my plan.

-What is your plan, Grandpa?

-Ah, the secret lies with the fish.

-I need our fisherman's coat, his rod and your plane.

-OK.

'Well, you know when Grandpa has a plan,

'there's no stopping him. Soon he was flying in my plane,

'with the fisherman's cape and fishing rod.'

What's that? Stop it!

Stop it, I say, obey orders!

It's that boy, Jason Mason, Bryan.

he must have flown his radio-controlled plane in here.

Were you frightened, little fishy?

'While Captain Shipshape went back to sleep,

'Grandpa got onto a shelf. He was wearing the fisherman's cape

-'and carrying the rod.'

-CAPTAIN SNORES

-Ahem!

-What was that?

Blow me down, a fisherman trying to catch Bryan.

'While Captain Shipshape comforted Bryan,

'Grandpa made his escape.'

Poor little fishy-wishy, it's that Jason up to his tricks.

He must have put that fisherman there.

Don't worry, Bryan, Daddy's here.

'Grandpa climbed up, and hid behind the lighthouse.'

Swishy-swishy. Little fishy.

Tell me, fishy...

HE YAWNS

..what's your wishy?

I want to go home.

Yes, of course you...

..you spoke!

You said, "I want to go home."

'But of course, it wasn't Bryan who'd spoken, it was Grandpa.'

I don't like it here.

No, neither do I.

I don't like the fisherman.

No, I don't like that fisherman either.

And I don't like the funny old lady with the hedgehog hair.

Me neither! She's bonkers.

Can't we go back to the ship, and stay in our cabin, forever?

It's your fish's little wishy.

Of course we can. Your wishy is my command.

'Grandpa's job was done. Captain Shipshape was about to leave.

'While everyone waved goodbye to Captain Shipshape in the garden,

'I ran upstairs and got Grandpa. I put him down on the floor,

'and he took off his cap, and came back to normal size.'

Ooh! Well, Jason, we saw him off at last,

him and his little fishy.

Yes, Grandpa, I think we call it teamwork.

Teamwork, ha-ha-ha!

THEY BOTH LAUGH

Oh, oh... Well, that was a long lie down, Grandpa.

Oh dear, did I miss the excitement?

No, you missed all the hard work. This is the excitement.

"Little fishy, what's your wishy?

"Prune and cabbage, in a dishy." He-he-he! Boing!

Oh, oh, is he back?

No! It's just Grandpa.

Oh, you!

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