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                                      The wayward whale
                                                   by Uncle Butch
 
Helis, the beluga, said to a friend one day. 
“You know I’m getting to old to play
and the oceans so cold it makes me shiver
I think I’ll go up the Delaware River.”
 
“Why don’t you come too, I don’t mind sharing
and I hear there’s an awful lot of herring."
His friend said “No they just had a flood
and I’m sure the river is full of mud.”
 
So he came alone and he swam all day,
he had no idea how long he’d stay.
On the second day, he thought this is silly,

I’ve swam two days and I’m only at Philly.
 
On the third day and before it got dark
he was way up river by Waterfront Park.
A little boy on the bank, had a fall,
he couldn’t believe what he just saw.
 
He ran to his father and said “I just saw a whale.”
his father said “Please, don’t tell me a tale.
Next you’ll tell me the whale was flying,
don’t you remember, what I said about lying?”
 

   The child said “No, I’m telling the truth,

I swear on the memory of Babe Ruth.”

The father took a walk down to the shore

and Helis decided to Breach once more.
 
The father said to his son. “go ahead, give me a ribbing,
I really thought that you were fibbing.”
While the father and son were hoping the whale would stay,
the Trenton Thunder began to play.
 
A lot of the fans were drinking beer
and no one in the park knew the whale was near.
It was in the bottom of the ninth inning,
the score was zero to zero,  no one was winning.
 
One of Thunder's batters hit a ball out of the park,
when a dog saw the whale and started to bark.
So the Trenton Thunder, played a perfect game.
but it was the whale who got all the fame.
 
A fan looked over the fence and started to quiver,
he yelled real loud “There’s a whale in the river.”

Then all of the players and all of their fans,
ran to the river, they emptied the stands
 
Somebody said. “This whale is so tame.”
and everybody forgot, about the game.
Helis ate thirty herring, for a snack,
then lazily rolled over on his back.
 
The cheerleaders of the Trenton Thunder,

couldn’t get over this natural wonder.
So they went to the river and when he got near,
they all broke out in a roaring cheer.
 
“Whale, whale, we like your style,
Whale, whale, please stay awhile.
If you stay for awhile, you can bet

that you will become, Trenton’s pet.
Whale, whale, if you’ll wear our ascot,
we’ll make you Trenton Thunders mascot.
Goooo, whale.”
 
Helis, he was in his glory
and when he got home, he’d have quite a story.

The people came and lined the shore,
and every day there were more and more.
 
A sign on a bridge read, (Trenton makes, the World takes.)
and some people on the shore were grilling steaks.
He loved the people, they were really nice,
but he was beginning to long for a little ice.
 
Finally Helis decided he’d had enough
of all the photographers and other stuff.

So he said goodbye, to you and me
and turned around and swam back to sea.
 

 He had a lot of fun, he liked to roam,
but now it was time to go back home.
When he reached the ocean, he had a long way to go.
He wouldn’t stop swimming until he saw snow.
 
Along the way he ate lots of cod.
It took a long time but he found his pod.
The other whales said. “Helis, we know you like to roam,
But it sure is great to have you home.
 

Helis replied. “It’s really good, to see you guys again,
though I had a good time and I made a friend.”
The whole pod had to laugh, when Helis started to sing.

“Trenton was so great I might go back next spring."