The Kindness Book

Before you start reading this little story and get confused, you should note
that Wally the Whale is actually Lauren’s lovely kind dad – not a real whale.
She wrote this poem as a gift for her Dad’s 70 th birthday.
Wally the Whale was rather social and never alone,
He lived amongst many others in their Bushmans’
river mouth home.
Between two slopes the river runs through,
And the water shimmers a crystal light blue.
He wakes in the morning and
enjoys bacon and egg Bushman’s bun,
As he bites, the yolk into his beard - always runs.
It was breezy day with the easterly wind blowing,
And the sand dunes were shifting and slowly growing.
Wally woke with a swim to ‘Kwai hoek’
A dip in the mermaid pool and read of his book.
He lay listening to the rustling of the avocado pear tree,
Hutchie boy over the wall he could see.
He loved his neighbour, their houses separated by
a garden hose,
And his dog, Gus, with a big button nose.
“Wally I need your help, but first a cup of tea,
The shed got broken into and they’ve stolen all
they could see!”
Hutchie boys comb over flapped in the breeze.
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