The Magic Sea Carpet Old Jack's Boat

Good day to you.

# This is the place to be

# For Salty Dog and me

# Down by the harbour we'll be there

# Round every corner there's something to share

# Give us a cheer

# Our friends are here

# Just Salty Dog and me... #

Ha-ha! Come on, Salty!

# This is the place to meet

# Down at the end of the street

# Seagulls flying up in the blue

# There's always a cup of tea waiting for you

# Out in the sun, having some fun

# Just Salty Dog and me

# Haul away, haul away

# Sing the song of the sea

# Hoist the sail I'll tell you a tale

# Of Salty Dog and me

# This is the place to go

# And these are the people we know

# The village is busy with things to see

# And there's The Rainbow down by the quay

# There's stories to tell Join us as well

# Just Salty Dog and me. #

PHONE RINGS

Ha-ha-ha! There's the birthday boy...

-Hello, Ernie.

-Oh, hello, Jack.

Very happy birthday to you.

Oh, you remembered!

Can I buy you a cuppa at The Mermaid?

Sounds good, but Shelly's told me to stay away today - apparently,

there's going to be a birthday surprise. I think it's a cake.

Woo-hoo! Do you hear that, Salty, a cake?

In that case, we'll leave you to your fishing. Come on, girl.

See you later, Jack.

Happy fishing!

Oh, that fish looks a little lonely. We need more.

Perhaps a little magic will help.

Here we are, Shelly, how are you going?

Oh, Jack. You surprised me! Hello. Hello, Salty.

Get down, that's it. Is that the cake you've made for Ernie?

It is, I was thinking it needs a few more fish.

Yes, it could do, he'd like that.

Is he around?

He's over there, he's fishing. He won't be any trouble.

Good. Come and see the birthday dog biscuits I made for Salty.

Did you hear that, Salty? Lucky you, eh? You stay there, good girl.

Thank you very much!

Ha-ha-ha! Dog biscuits!

Noooo!

Oh!

Salty will love those biscuits, thank you - we'd better get

-back to The Rainbow, leave you to finish the cake.

-OK.

See you later, then, OK?

-Come on, you've been very good sitting there.

-See you, Jack.

-Toodle-ooh! Ta-ta!

-See you, Salty.

Right, the cake.

Where is the cake?

Huh?

There she is, The Rainbow. What have you got for us today, my dear?

TOOT! TOOT!

Hey-hey. Come on, Salty.

# Dee-dee-dee-dee. #

Here we are.

Into your bed, good girl, go on, that's it.

Do you know, I do like a birthday surprise.

Do you remember,

when we got a surprise gift for Shelly's birthday?

Right, ooh, I'll just get comfortable,

and I'll remind you...

Once upon a twinkly time, The Rainbow set off from Staithes,

waved goodbye to Whitby, and disappeared over the horizon,

heading for a faraway port.

# Just Salty Dog and me

# Sail away across the sea

# In search of a merchant

# Who sells lovely things

# Pretty and magical Shelly-type things

# A gift in the end

# For our beautiful friend

# Just Salty Dog and me. #

Oh, it was a long journey.

And when we finally arrived, we moored The Rainbow in

a harbour which had tall towers

and domes shaped like onions.

We were met by a merchant who gave a bow and said,

"Greetings, travellers from afar.

"I welcome you to my bazaar."

Well, her bazaar turned out to be a kind of market shop,

stocked with all manner of amazing things we had never seen before.

And then we spotted a rather tatty but beautiful old carpet.

It was warm and had lovely sniffy old smells that Salty loved.

"A fine choice your doggy friend has made," said the merchant,

"for that carpet is a magic carpet."

I was astounded and Salty's whiskers whiffled in the air!

A magic carpet!

We could take it home to Shelly.

The merchant took me to one side

and explained there were magical words you had to say to fly it.

The magical words were,

"Widdly-diddly-dee."

Salty and I were very eager to get this wonderful carpet home,

so we paid the merchant and we dashed off.

We hurried back through the narrow streets to The Rainbow,

but as we turned the corner,

a terrible shock awaited us in the harbour.

The Rainbow had gone.

"Maybe The Rainbow had sailed home without us," I thought.

Sometimes The Rainbow does that.

What we didn't know, was that the rascally pirate,

Kitty Cutlass, had followed us all the way to the faraway port

and whilst we were in the bazaar she had gone and taken our boat,

leaving us there on the harbour with nothing but a carpet.

"Still," said Salty, "it is a magic carpet, perhaps we can fly it home

"and we'll find The Rainbow on the way."

It sounded worth a try, so we started saying the magic words,

"Widdly-diddly-dee."

But nothing happened.

We tried again.

"WIDDLY-DIDDLY-DEE," we said.

But still, nothing.

That merchant must have tricked us.

Now we were in a pickle.

Just then, a chance wind suddenly whipped the carpet into the air,

and sent it skimming into the water.

Well, Salty, she wasn't going to let Shelly's carpet get away

without a fight, and to my amazement she leapt into the sea after it,

and they both disappeared under the waves. Disaster!

Now I had lost The Rainbow, the carpet and Salty.

But not for long -

suddenly, with an enormous splash,

there she was, skimming across the waves towards me,

sitting proudly on the carpet, I could hardly believe my eyes.

It was a magic carpet after all,

but not the flying-in-the-air sort,

no, no, this was a magic sea carpet.

They like to fly under the water,

that's why you don't see them very often.

And with a magic sea carpet to transport us we might be able to get

home in time for Shelly's birthday and find the missing Rainbow.

I jumped onto the carpet next to Salty.

"Hold on tight," I shouted.

And down under the water we flew.

Fish stared open-mouthed

as they saw us speed by on our magic sea carpet.

I don't think they'd ever seen one before - a seahorse waved to us,

wanting to hitch a lift.

"Could you give me a ride to the sand bank, please?" he called.

We didn't see why not, it was on the way,

so we picked him up and we sped off.

From our sea carpet we spotted

Mr and Mrs Cod and their two tiddlers dragging home the shopping.

"Do you want a lift home, Mrs Cod, with your shopping?

"We could drop you off, it's on our way."

"Well, we don't usually ask for lifts, it's up to Harold," she said.

Well, Mr Cod had a brief think about this,

but before he had a chance to say anything, Mrs Cod announced,

"Harold says yes."

"Right, dear," said Harold.

And they all climbed aboard.

It was crowded on the carpet with Seahorse,

Mr and Mrs Cod and two tiddlers together with Salty and me,

and the weight, the weight was slowing the carpet down.

At this rate we'd never get back to Staithes.

And then something terrible happened.

"Watch out..." Mr Cod suddenly shouted in alarm.

"..fishing net!"

With a whoosh, the fish all scarpered quickly,

as a large net swept towards us.

Who did the net belong to?

Well, I'll tell you. Kitty Cutlass was on board our ship, The Rainbow.

"I've already made a catch and it feels like something big,"

she laughed.

So, imagine her surprise when what

she fished out of the net was Salty and me and a soggy carpet.

And imagine my surprise to find I was back aboard The Rainbow.

"Ah, but she's my boat now," Kitty smirked.

Oh, that got me ruffled, I can tell you, and Salty's whiskers,

they began to whiffle at an alarming rate.

But then I had an idea.

"I'll offer you a swap, Kitty.

"You give us The Rainbow back,

"and we'll give you this magic carpet," I suggested.

Salty, she was horrified.

We were giving Shelly's gift away, and to Kitty Cutlass, of all people.

Well, of course, the greedy pirate couldn't resist, could she?

"Hmmm, a magic carpet! That's got to be better than a silly old boat."

So, we swapped.

We got our beloved Rainbow back,

and Kitty Cutlass took the magic carpet onto her boat

and immediately sat on it, waiting for it to fly.

But nothing happened.

Well, of course it didn't.

What Kitty didn't know, it was a magic sea carpet, and anyway,

she didn't know the magical words, either.

"Stupid carpet," she said, crossly.

And she threw it over the side, as I always knew she would.

And then she sailed off in a grump.

Salty and I fished the carpet out of the water and hung it out to dry.

By the time we got back to Staithes it was dry

and in perfect condition to give to Shelly.

And do you know what Shelly did with it?

She put it down outside her cafe as a special place for Salty to

curl up contentedly and enjoy its sniffy old smells.

Hee-hee-hee. Wasn't that nice of her?

TOOT! TOOT!

Did you like that story, Salty?

All true, of course.

Mind you, my stories always are! Ho-ho-ho!

Well, Ernie, you ready for your birthday surprise?

It'll be more of a surprise for Shelly.

-Eh?

-Look.

Oh, no. That an accident?

Oh, never mind. Come on, perhaps we had better go and tell her.

I suppose so.

Bring it with you. Ho-ho-ho!

Come on down, dog. That's it. Oh, dear me.

Ernie, have you come for your birthday surprise?

I've come to tell you about the birthday cake.

What, this one?

My birthday cake!

You baked me another one.

You are magic, Shelly.

Happy birthday, Ernie!

Thank you, Shelly.

-I thought you were going to put more fishes on it?

-I did.

What?

You're right, I'm going to have to get my eyes tested!

Come on, everybody, who's for birthday cake?

Now, hang on, that's mine. That one's mine.

Well, Salty, that's it for today,

we'll see all our friends again next time.

Oh, and we'll see you next time, as well.

Bye-bye. Come on, girl.

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