The (True) Adventures of Mudpoo Read Online Free

just before diving under the water.
    The boat was called the Princess II. It was the first whale spotting boat to leave the harbour.
    Being older, slower and not as shiny as the other boats in the harbour, the Skipper and the First Mate had a clever plan to get close to the whales.
    After ten minutes out at sea the Skipper yelled out "Whale-HO, humpback whale ahead"
    Everyone was so excited and strained to see the whale’s tail flipping and waving in the distance. The Skipper stopped the boat and turned the engine off.

    Dave the First Mate came over to all the passengers. “If you want the whale to come over to us, you all need to sing a song,” he said with a big toothy grin. Everyone looked a bit uncertain.
    Mudpoo said, “I’ll sing,” and started to sing a happy song, so all the words could be heard by all the whales in the distance.

    To everyone’s amazement a humpback whale swam towards the boat. When he reached the boat he slowly raised his head out of the water and looked straight at the surprised passengers. Mudpoo kept singing, and everyone joined in. Soon there were three whales swimming around the boat, happily listening to the singing passengers.
    All of the other fast and shiny boats from the wharf were now watching from a distance with amazement. Mudpoo and the passengers of the little old fishing boat were singing songs to happy humpback whales.

M udpoo loved to sing.

    Today he was singing to humpback whales. There were three huge humpbacks swimming around the boat. Sometimes they swam under the boat. Sometimes they lay back flipping their pectoral fins in time to the singing.
    Mudpoo, Harry, Liz and Captain Pete sang. Everyone on the boat sang too, including the Skipper and Dave the First Mate.
    The humpbacks had huge pectoral fins that splashed in the water,

    Every now and again a humpback whale would lift his enormous head out of the water to look at the people inside the boat. Harry leaned over the boat’s rail and almost touched the whale. Captain Pete and Liz leaned over the boat’s rail and almost touched the whale too. Dave the First Mate leaned over the boat’s rail as far as he could and he touched the humpback whale.
    â€œIt feels the same as poking your finger into the cheek of your mouth!” he exclaimed excitedly.
    Mudpoo leaned over the boat’s rail just as a huge whale popped his head up. It gave him a fright and his hat tumbled into the sea.
    â€œMy hat!” cried Mudpoo.
    It was floating in the sea near the humpback whale.
    â€We can’t reach it!” cried Captain Pete.
    â€œLet me try,” said Harry who couldn’t reach it either.
    It was Mudpoo’s favourite hat. Everyone watched the hat bobbing up and down on the water as a huge humpback whale swam over to it.
    To everyone’s amazement, it gently picked up the hat and swam towards the boat. Mudpoo held his breath; everyone on board held their breath.
    The huge humpback whale gently lifted his giant head near the side of the boat and passed the hat to Mudpoo. “Ooooh, Aaaaah, Ooooh!” cried everyone with surprise. Mudpoo calmly popped the hat back on his head. 
    â€œThank-you humpback,” said Mudpoo with a huge grin.
    The whales swam around the boat.

    "TOOT, TOOT" blew the Skipper on his whistle. “Chug, chug, chug,” went the happy old fishing boat. The whales loved listening to the singing.
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    passengers. With a wave of their enormous tails, the three humpback whales swam out to sea. It was almost time for lunch.
    â€œBilly tea and damper,” yelled Dave the First Mate.

    Everyone crowded into the cabin where they were greeted by the beautiful smell of fresh tea and damper. Their whale adventures had made all of the passengers hungry.
    Mudpoo and Harry were bubbling over with excitement