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Larry Gets A New Coat story 5
Posted on December 7, 2010 by Jim
LARRY GETS A NEW COAT
THE WINTER GALES HAD NOW CEASED, LARRY HAD BEEN OUT IN THE DEEP WATER DURING
THE LONG WINTER MONTHS TO SAVE HIMSELF FROM BEING INJURED BY THE BIG WAVES
CRASHING ON THE ROCKS. HE WAS RETURNING TO HIS HOME IN THE POOL. SWIMMING
BACKWARDS LIKE ALL LOBSTERS DO, IT WAS AMAZING HOW HE DID NOT BUMP INTO
ANYTHING, BUT HE NEVER DID BECAUSE HIS EYES COULD REVOLVE ALL THE WAY ROUND
SO HE COULD SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING ALL THE TIME. GETTING NEARER THE SHORE A
SCALLOP CAME INTO VIEW GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SHOOTING THROUGH THE
WATER THEN DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, IT RESTED FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEN GATHERING
STRENGTH IT FLEW THROUGH THE WATER ONCE AGAIN. LARRY IMMEDIATELY RECOGNISED
SUSIE AND STOPPED TO ASK HER WHERE SHE WAS GOING.
” DREAMS. HIS LITTLE FRIEND WAS WAITING FOR HIM.
“HELLO SLOWCOACH, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BUSY CARRYING KING NEPTUNE AROUND”.
HE HAS GIVEN ME SOME TIMEOFF TO COME AND MEET YOU” REPLIED SLOWCOACH LOOKING
RESPLENDENT IN HIS NEW BRIDLE AND REINS WHICH THE KING HAD PRESENTED TO HIM WHEN HE HAD
BECOME HIS NEW HORSE.
“WE MUST GO AND MEET THE KING NOW AS HE HAS SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU AT LARRY’S HOME, SO
WE MUST HURRY AND NOT KEEP HIM WAITING” URGED SLOWCOACH AS THE TWO FRIENDS MOVED OFF
HURRIEDLY TO MEET THE KING.
“HAS LARRY COME BACK FROM THE DEEP WATER YET?” ENQUIRED TAYNE.
“YES, BUT WE MUST NOT DISTURB HIM, THE KING WILL EXPLAIN WHY WHEN WE GET THERE” ANSWERED
SLOWCOACH.
ARRIVING OUTSIDE LARRY’S HOME KING NEPTUNE WAS WAITING FOR THEM AND TOLD THEM TO BE
VERY QUIET. LOOKING DOWN AT THE BOTTOM TAYNE GOT A FRIGHT, THERE LYING ON THE
SAND WAS AN EMPTY LOBSTER SHELL.
“HAS SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED TO LARRY?” HE ASKED IN A QUIVERING VOICE.
“NO, HE IS ALRIGHT, REMEMBER I TOLD YOU I WOULD SHOW YOU ALL THE WONDERS OF THE DEEP
WHEN WE LAST MET, TAYNE NODDED HIS HEAD IN REPLY.
“ WELL THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WONDERS, COME AND I WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU” SAID THE KING.
THEY FOLLOWED THE KING INTO LARRY’S HOME, THERE THEY FOUND HIM FAST ASLEEP,
“SSHH! WE MUST NOT DISTURB HIM” SAID THE KING.
TAYNE COULD NOT BELIEVE HIS EYES LARRY’S HARD DARK BLUE SHELL WAS NOW VERY SOFT AND IT
HAD TURNED LIGHT BLUE WITH WHITE PATCHES ALL OVER IT.
“WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HIM?” HE ASKED THE KING IN A WHISPER.
“HE HAS CAST HIS SHELL, ALL LOBSTERS DO IT AS THEY GROW UP, IF THEY DID
NOT THEY WOULD NOT FIT INSIDE THEIR SHELL. HIS OLD SHELL CAN ONLY STRETCH SO
FAR, THEN THEY MUST SHED IT AND GROW A NEW ONE. IT’S JUST LIKE YOU TAYNE WHEN
YOU NEED A PAIR OF NEW SHOES WHEN YOUR OLD ONES GET TOO SMALL” EXPLAINED THE
KING.
THIS EXPLANATION MADE THINGS A LOT CLEARER IN TAYNES MIND AND AS HE WENT
TO GIVE LARRY A CONSOLLING PAT ON THE HEAD NEPTUNE WARNED HIM THAT HE MUST
NOT TOUCH HIM AS HIS NEW SHELL WAS STILL VERY SOFT.
“IT WILL TAKE A FEW WEEKS FOR IT TO HARDEN, AND IT WILL CHANGE COLOUR TO DARK BLUE AND
ONLY THEN WILL IT BE SAFE FOR HIM TO GO OUTSIDE THE HOLE”.
THE KING THEN EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS ONE REASON WHY HE HAD TO GO OUT TO THE DEEP
WATER IN WINTER AS HE HAD TO FATTEN HIMSELF UP FOR THIS CHANGE. EXPLAINING THAT HE WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH OR EAT ANYTHING DURING THIS TIME. HE TOLD THEM THEY MUST LEAVE AND
LET LARRY REST AS HE WAS VERY TIRED. MOVING SLOWLY AND QUIETLY THEY LEFT THE HOLE.
“WHEN YOU COME BACK NEXT TIME HE WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL AND ALL DRESSED UP IN
HIS NEW COAT” THE KING SAID TO THE TWO FRIENDS.
CLIMBING ON TO SLOWCOACHES BACK KING NEPTUNE HELD ON TIGHTLY TO THE NEW REINS.
“COME, BECKONED THE KING WE MUST GO BACK TO MY PALACE,THERE IS SOMEONE
I WANT YOU TO MEET”.
TAYNE FOLLOWED THEM INTO THE PALACE AND THERE WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MERMAID HE HAD
EVER SEEN. SHE WAS COMBING HER LONG BLOND HAIR WITH A COMB MADE OUT OF AN OLD FISH
BONE, HER LONG GREEN AND SILVER TAIL SPARKLED IN THE SUNLIGHT COMING FROM ABOVE.
“THIS IS MY DAUGHTER PRINCESS MINERVA. SHE WILL TELL YOU STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN THE POOL
AND SHOW YOU ROUND MY PALACE. LOOK AFTER HIM WELL MINERVA, AS SLOWCOACH AND I MUST GO
AND CHECK THAT ALL IS WELL IN MY KINGDOM.” WITH THAT THEY LEFT THE PALACE SAYING GOODBYE
TO TAYNE.
PRINCESS MINERVA BECKONED TAYNE TO COME AND SIT BESIDE HER, SHE THEN
TOLD HIM ALL ABOUT LIFE IN THE POOL AND OF ALL THE LITTLE CREATURES WHO LIVED
THERE. HE HAD ALREADY MET SOME OF THEM BUT THERE WERE OTHERS SO SMALL HE
COULD NOT SEE THEM. THESE FUNNY CREATURES WERE CALLED PLANKTON WHICH THE
LITTLE SEAHORSES AND FISH LIVED ON. AFTER TELLING HIM LOTS OF STORIES THE
PRINCESS SHOWED HIM AROUND THE PALACE AND EXPLAINED TO HIM HOW THE CRYSTALS
IN THE ROCKS HAD FORMED OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND THE CORAL WITH ALL ITS
DIFFERENT COLOURS WAS MADE UP OF MILLIONS OF LITTLE CREATURES. TAYNE WAS
REALLY AMAZED TO HEAR THIS AND HE NOW UNDERSTOOD WHY KING NEPTUNE AND HIS
GRANDPA SPOKE ABOUT THE WONDERS OF THE DEEP.
TIME PASSED ALL TO QUICKLY AND IT DID NOT SEEM LONG BEFORE HE STARTED TO
WAKEN UP. LATER THAT DAY GRANDPA CAME TO VISIT HIM AND AS THEY PLAYED IN THE
GARDEN HE TOLD HIM ABOUT LARRY’S NEW COAT AND HOW HE HAD MET THE BEAUTIFUL
PRINCESS MINERVA, THEN HE REPEATED ALL THE STORIES SHE HAD TOLD HIM.
GRANDPA LISTENED INTENTLY SMILING TO HIMSELF, HE ASKED TAYNE IF SLOWCOACH’S DADDY WAS
ENJOYING HIS RETIREMENT. “YES AND HE IS VERY PROUD THAT HIS SON HAD TAKEN OVER
THE REINS FROM HIM”. “THAT IS NICE, I AM GLAD, HE DESERVES A REST”. THEN A SMILE
CAME TO GRANDPA’S FACE AS HE REMEMBERED BEING TOLD THE SAME STORIES BY A
BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS CALLED MINERVA.
Jim Campbell
Slowcoach and His Friends story 2 →
Larry Gets A New Coat story 5
Posted on December 7, 2010 by Jim
LARRY GETS A NEW COAT
THE WINTER GALES HAD NOW CEASED, LARRY HAD BEEN OUT IN THE DEEP WATER DURING
THE LONG WINTER MONTHS TO SAVE HIMSELF FROM BEING INJURED BY THE BIG WAVES
CRASHING ON THE ROCKS. HE WAS RETURNING TO HIS HOME IN THE POOL. SWIMMING
BACKWARDS LIKE ALL LOBSTERS DO, IT WAS AMAZING HOW HE DID NOT BUMP INTO
ANYTHING, BUT HE NEVER DID BECAUSE HIS EYES COULD REVOLVE ALL THE WAY ROUND
SO HE COULD SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING ALL THE TIME. GETTING NEARER THE SHORE A
SCALLOP CAME INTO VIEW GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SHOOTING THROUGH THE
WATER THEN DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, IT RESTED FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEN GATHERING
STRENGTH IT FLEW THROUGH THE WATER ONCE AGAIN. LARRY IMMEDIATELY RECOGNISED
SUSIE AND STOPPED TO ASK HER WHERE SHE WAS GOING.
” DREAMS. HIS LITTLE FRIEND WAS WAITING FOR HIM.
“HELLO SLOWCOACH, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BUSY CARRYING KING NEPTUNE AROUND”.
HE HAS GIVEN ME SOME TIMEOFF TO COME AND MEET YOU” REPLIED SLOWCOACH LOOKING
RESPLENDENT IN HIS NEW BRIDLE AND REINS WHICH THE KING HAD PRESENTED TO HIM WHEN HE HAD
BECOME HIS NEW HORSE.
“WE MUST GO AND MEET THE KING NOW AS HE HAS SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU AT LARRY’S HOME, SO
WE MUST HURRY AND NOT KEEP HIM WAITING” URGED SLOWCOACH AS THE TWO FRIENDS MOVED OFF
HURRIEDLY TO MEET THE KING.
“HAS LARRY COME BACK FROM THE DEEP WATER YET?” ENQUIRED TAYNE.
“YES, BUT WE MUST NOT DISTURB HIM, THE KING WILL EXPLAIN WHY WHEN WE GET THERE” ANSWERED
SLOWCOACH.
ARRIVING OUTSIDE LARRY’S HOME KING NEPTUNE WAS WAITING FOR THEM AND TOLD THEM TO BE
VERY QUIET. LOOKING DOWN AT THE BOTTOM TAYNE GOT A FRIGHT, THERE LYING ON THE
SAND WAS AN EMPTY LOBSTER SHELL.
“HAS SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED TO LARRY?” HE ASKED IN A QUIVERING VOICE.
“NO, HE IS ALRIGHT, REMEMBER I TOLD YOU I WOULD SHOW YOU ALL THE WONDERS OF THE DEEP
WHEN WE LAST MET, TAYNE NODDED HIS HEAD IN REPLY.
“ WELL THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WONDERS, COME AND I WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU” SAID THE KING.
THEY FOLLOWED THE KING INTO LARRY’S HOME, THERE THEY FOUND HIM FAST ASLEEP,
“SSHH! WE MUST NOT DISTURB HIM” SAID THE KING.
TAYNE COULD NOT BELIEVE HIS EYES LARRY’S HARD DARK BLUE SHELL WAS NOW VERY SOFT AND IT
HAD TURNED LIGHT BLUE WITH WHITE PATCHES ALL OVER IT.
“WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HIM?” HE ASKED THE KING IN A WHISPER.
“HE HAS CAST HIS SHELL, ALL LOBSTERS DO IT AS THEY GROW UP, IF THEY DID
NOT THEY WOULD NOT FIT INSIDE THEIR SHELL. HIS OLD SHELL CAN ONLY STRETCH SO
FAR, THEN THEY MUST SHED IT AND GROW A NEW ONE. IT’S JUST LIKE YOU TAYNE WHEN
YOU NEED A PAIR OF NEW SHOES WHEN YOUR OLD ONES GET TOO SMALL” EXPLAINED THE
KING.
THIS EXPLANATION MADE THINGS A LOT CLEARER IN TAYNES MIND AND AS HE WENT
TO GIVE LARRY A CONSOLLING PAT ON THE HEAD NEPTUNE WARNED HIM THAT HE MUST
NOT TOUCH HIM AS HIS NEW SHELL WAS STILL VERY SOFT.
“IT WILL TAKE A FEW WEEKS FOR IT TO HARDEN, AND IT WILL CHANGE COLOUR TO DARK BLUE AND
ONLY THEN WILL IT BE SAFE FOR HIM TO GO OUTSIDE THE HOLE”.
THE KING THEN EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS ONE REASON WHY HE HAD TO GO OUT TO THE DEEP
WATER IN WINTER AS HE HAD TO FATTEN HIMSELF UP FOR THIS CHANGE. EXPLAINING THAT HE WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH OR EAT ANYTHING DURING THIS TIME. HE TOLD THEM THEY MUST LEAVE AND
LET LARRY REST AS HE WAS VERY TIRED. MOVING SLOWLY AND QUIETLY THEY LEFT THE HOLE.
“WHEN YOU COME BACK NEXT TIME HE WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL AND ALL DRESSED UP IN
HIS NEW COAT” THE KING SAID TO THE TWO FRIENDS.
CLIMBING ON TO SLOWCOACHES BACK KING NEPTUNE HELD ON TIGHTLY TO THE NEW REINS.
“COME, BECKONED THE KING WE MUST GO BACK TO MY PALACE,THERE IS SOMEONE
I WANT YOU TO MEET”.
TAYNE FOLLOWED THEM INTO THE PALACE AND THERE WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MERMAID HE HAD
EVER SEEN. SHE WAS COMBING HER LONG BLOND HAIR WITH A COMB MADE OUT OF AN OLD FISH
BONE, HER LONG GREEN AND SILVER TAIL SPARKLED IN THE SUNLIGHT COMING FROM ABOVE.
“THIS IS MY DAUGHTER PRINCESS MINERVA. SHE WILL TELL YOU STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN THE POOL
AND SHOW YOU ROUND MY PALACE. LOOK AFTER HIM WELL MINERVA, AS SLOWCOACH AND I MUST GO
AND CHECK THAT ALL IS WELL IN MY KINGDOM.” WITH THAT THEY LEFT THE PALACE SAYING GOODBYE
TO TAYNE.
PRINCESS MINERVA BECKONED TAYNE TO COME AND SIT BESIDE HER, SHE THEN
TOLD HIM ALL ABOUT LIFE IN THE POOL AND OF ALL THE LITTLE CREATURES WHO LIVED
THERE. HE HAD ALREADY MET SOME OF THEM BUT THERE WERE OTHERS SO SMALL HE
COULD NOT SEE THEM. THESE FUNNY CREATURES WERE CALLED PLANKTON WHICH THE
LITTLE SEAHORSES AND FISH LIVED ON. AFTER TELLING HIM LOTS OF STORIES THE
PRINCESS SHOWED HIM AROUND THE PALACE AND EXPLAINED TO HIM HOW THE CRYSTALS
IN THE ROCKS HAD FORMED OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND THE CORAL WITH ALL ITS
DIFFERENT COLOURS WAS MADE UP OF MILLIONS OF LITTLE CREATURES. TAYNE WAS
REALLY AMAZED TO HEAR THIS AND HE NOW UNDERSTOOD WHY KING NEPTUNE AND HIS
GRANDPA SPOKE ABOUT THE WONDERS OF THE DEEP.
TIME PASSED ALL TO QUICKLY AND IT DID NOT SEEM LONG BEFORE HE STARTED TO
WAKEN UP. LATER THAT DAY GRANDPA CAME TO VISIT HIM AND AS THEY PLAYED IN THE
GARDEN HE TOLD HIM ABOUT LARRY’S NEW COAT AND HOW HE HAD MET THE BEAUTIFUL
PRINCESS MINERVA, THEN HE REPEATED ALL THE STORIES SHE HAD TOLD HIM.
GRANDPA LISTENED INTENTLY SMILING TO HIMSELF, HE ASKED TAYNE IF SLOWCOACH’S DADDY WAS
ENJOYING HIS RETIREMENT. “YES AND HE IS VERY PROUD THAT HIS SON HAD TAKEN OVER
THE REINS FROM HIM”. “THAT IS NICE, I AM GLAD, HE DESERVES A REST”. THEN A SMILE
CAME TO GRANDPA’S FACE AS HE REMEMBERED BEING TOLD THE SAME STORIES BY A
BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS CALLED MINERVA.
Jim Campbell