There's a Hole in My Boat Old Jack's Boat

And 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 a 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

-Hello, Emily.

-How lovely to see you, Jack and Salty.

-You off to the Rainbow again?

-Yes, we are.

There's a big hole in the deck needs fixing.

Now, tell me, Emily Scuttlebutt,

why is there a big sign saying "Doughnuts" over there

but pointing over here?

Oh, that's because I'm going to sell doughnuts with my new partner.

Me!

-Shelly!

-I made too many to display in the cafe.

-Go on, you can have one if you want.

-Thank you very much. Lovely!

No, no, you can't have any, can she? Very bad for dogs, these are.

The only bit's good for a dog is the hole in the middle.

THEY LAUGH

What about your ice creams? Are you selling them as well?

Oh, yes, Jack, cos the weather's bound to change.

Look at those seagulls.

When a seagull dances on the spot, it might be cold, it might be hot.

-We do have funny seagulls around here.

-We do, but they're right.

In hot weather, folks will want ice cream,

but in cold weather, they'll want doughnuts, won't they, Salty?

-Salty?

-Salt... She was here!

-It's not like her to go wandering off.

-I've an idea, Jack.

HE WHISTLES

Salty!

Oh, there you are, Salty. Jack's worried about you.

You want one of my doughnuts, don't you, girl?

Dogs aren't allowed to eat doughnuts,

but maybe I can weave a little bit of Shelly magic, eh?

There you are, Salty, eh?

Jack, why don't you take Salty down to the Rainbow

and take her mind off doughnuts?

Oh, yeah, doughnuts, yeah. Got ya.

Come on, Salty, old girl, let's get going. Come on.

See you later, Jack, and you too, Salty.

There she is, the Rainbow.

What have you got for us today, my dear?

SHE TOOTS

Hey-hey, come on, Salty.

# Dee-dee, dee-dee. #

Here we are.

SHE TOOTS

Oh, listen to this boat, will you, Salty?

It's creaking louder than an old fisherman's bones.

You're still upset, aren't you, cos you didn't get a doughnut?

Perhaps I should tell you a tale, shall I? Yeah?

This will wiffle your whiskers.

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

waved goodbye to Whitby

and disappeared over the horizon.

# Just Salty Dog and me

# Upon the silvery sea

# The waves are waving The sky is blue

# The sun on the water is twinkly too

# This lovely old boat will keep us afloat

# Just Salty Dog and me. #

Ha-ha-ha.

Ha! Oh, it was so hot. I went below deck for a cold drink.

"How lovely," I thought.

Salty is pouring ice-cold water around my feet to cool me down.

Ice-cold water, round my feet?

Well, I looked down and bless my lemon sole,

there was a tiny hole

in our boat about that big, and it was letting water trickle in.

The hole was small, but if enough water seeped in,

the Rainbow could sink.

I stuck my finger in the hold to stop the water, and it worked.

But I couldn't stay there all day with my finger stuck in the hole.

Who was going to steer the boat?

Salty searched for something else to fill the hole.

Sticky sweets, rolled up rags, knotted nets, plastic bags...

I even tried squeezing Salty's favourite furry toy into the hole.

Nothing seemed to fit.

Water was still trickling in.

And then, Salty had a bright idea.

She fetched a cork from an old bottle.

I rammed the cork in the hole and tapped it in with my hammer. Tap!

At that very cork-tapping moment, whoosh!

Another even bigger hole appeared in the Rainbow.

It was about this big.

And water started sloshing in.

"Uh-ho!" said Salty, "There's a hole in the rainbow."

Luckily, our friend

Percy the pipefish swam up beside the boat and called up to us.

Was I glad to see him!

"Oh, pipefish, please fix our own leaking boat!

"If it lets in water, it won't be able to float."

"That's a serious problem," said Percy.

"You don't want the Rainbow full of water, not unless you are a fish."

And then with a swish of his tail and a flap of his fins,

he darted under the boat... Yeah!

..and he stuck his long pipe-like head through the hole,

and at last the water stopped seeping into the boat.

"There you go," said Percy, straining, his face turning red.

"I've filled the hole so now you won't sink."

"You've saved the Rainbow," I yelled.

I was so delighted I gave him a round of applause like this...

Wahay!

And, at that very hand-clapping moment, whoosh!

Another much bigger hole appeared - about this big.

Then another hole appeared and another

and another and more and more.

Bucket-loads of water gushed in.

"Uh-oh!" said Salty. "There's a hole in the Rainbow." I shouted.

Our good friend Charlie the squid swam up to the side of the boat.

Was I glad to see him!

"Charlie, oh, Charlie, please fix our leaking boat.

"If it lets in water, it won't be able to float."

"I can do it," announced Charlie proudly.

"We've got lots of holes," I warned.

"I've got lots of tentacles," Charlie replied.

Salty and I watched with amazement as Charlie filled the holes

with tickly tentacles, one after another.

Until finally, the water stopped seeping in.

"Job done," he said, slightly out of breath.

"You've saved the Rainbow," I yelled.

I was so thrilled, I did a little jig.

And at that very foot-stamping moment,

whoosh!

Another even bigger hole appeared in the Rainbow.

It was about that big.

Paddling-pools loads of water just whooshed in.

"There's a huge hole in the Rainbow, please help us!"

It was too late.

There was no point in shouting for help.

The rainbow was sinking, and slowly we sank under the water,

and deeper and deeper down under the sea until...

Bump!

We'd landed on the bottom of the sea.

Now, Salty and I, we'd often been at the bottom of the sea,

many times, but the Rainbow hadn't.

How were we going to get it back to the surface?

Just then, we heard a rumbling and a grumbling.

I peeped out of the porthole

and realised the Rainbow was resting under an underwater volcano.

The rumbling sound was the volcano,

it was about to explode.

"Hold on to your hats!" I yelled.

Salty was just about to say that she didn't normally wear a hat

when, whoosh!

The volcano erupted.

And blew us back up through the sea.

Waaaaheee!

Crash!

We landed on a desert island.

Just as we thought we were finally safe,

the island started to rise up in the air.

Up and up and up it went up, and up and up we went too.

Then, suddenly,

the island started to speak to us.

"Hello," it said.

Salty and I looked at each other,

we'd never heard an island talk before.

Then we looked over the side of the Rainbow and realised

we weren't on an island, we were on the back of a whale.

"Hello," it said again.

Ha! It was our good friend Bluey the blue whale.

"Can I help?" he said.

Salty explained that the Rainbow had

so many holes that we couldn't sail it back to Staithes without sinking.

"Oh, oh!" said an excited Bluey.

He often gets excited.

"Can I take you home?" "Yes, please," I said.

So, with the Rainbow balanced on his back,

Bluey took us all the way home.

Later, when we got back to our lovely harbour in Staithes,

We thanked Bluey for rescuing us and we said goodbye.

Sam Spinnaker fixed all the holes

and made the Rainbow ready for many more adventures at sea.

And we all celebrated with a big plate of Shelly's best doughnuts.

Oops, I wasn't going to mention them. Ooh. Sorry.

Did you like that story, Salty? Yeah? All true of course.

Mind you, my stories always are.

Oh!

Hello!

See that?

Ha, ha. Come on.

All right, Emily?

Salty! Jack! Did you fix those holes on the deck?

Well, no, I thought tomorrow might be a better day for fixing holes,

-you know.

-Of course.

Ah, Jack! Salty, I've got something for you.

Dogs might not be allowed doughnuts, but I remember

-Jack promising you could have the holes instead.

-Doughnut holes?

No, I think Salty might have had enough of holes for one day.

Not those sort of holes, Jack. These!

I made them specially, they fit inside the holes of doughnuts

and they're specially made from good things for dogs to eat.

Well, thank you, Shelly, now we know what doughnut holes look like.

Look at that! Perfect. Ha, ha!

Ready? Hole coming up.

Yeah! She likes 'em.

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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