Captain Mick’s Boat - A Child's Bedtime Story - (PowerHouseCreatives Contest)

Captain Mick’s Boat

We’re going on a trip. We’re going on a trip with Captain Mick on his magical boat!

Captain Mick will take us to places that are found in our dreams, because he has a special compass to tell him how to get there. First, we will sail as the boat rocks from side to side on a nice long trip to the island of the talking giraffes. They will tell us what it’s like to be a giraffe!

As we lean this way and that way swaying, we get close enough to the island to hear giraffes saying, “Hey, it’s Captain Mick!” Captain Mick says, “Hello my friends, the talking giraffes. How are you this day? Have you had cause for laughs?”

“We are fine Captain Mick. We are glad for your visit. We eat leaves on trees. Our necks are so long we can do it with ease.”

Next, Captain Mick sails into the bay, where the dolphins will whistle and show how they play.

When the dolphins saw it was Captain Mick’s boat, they stood up and whistled and did a back float. They perform a ballet doing tricks while they play, and they’re very friendly to us every day. They’re also very smart and they talk to each other, in their own language, taught to them by their mother.


Off to our next stop, it’s the beach with the turtles, which aren’t in a hurry. Living life slow, they don’t have a worry.

The turtles always keep plodding along. With their shell to protect them, not much can go wrong.

Next on the list, the uncharted atoll, where the many sea birds live and search every day; for food to eat there in the sea, or something you’re eating they may steal away.

Seagulls are known for stealing from us. If we don’t pay attention, we should not make a fuss.

We see seals and sea lions, sunning on shore, they look so peaceful and they’re sleepy, I’m sure.

Now Captain Mick’s boat will sway side to side, once again as we all take the long return ride; back past the seabirds, and where turtles don’t hide; back past the dolphins whistling a song and all the giraffes whose necks are so long.

Captain Mick’s boat slides up to the dock. It’s time to sleep now - this I see on the clock.

_{Captain Mick’s Boat © free-reign 2019}

Sources for images used in this post:

_{Boat: Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
Giraffe: Image by PixEasy from Pixabay
Dolphins: Image by Dmitry Abramov from Pixabay
Turtles: Image by Dmitry Abramov from Pixabay
Pelican: Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay
Seal: Image by Merio from Pixabay}