The Great Journey
Now I have been painted like
a picture on the wall,
IՉm Scruffy, IՉm a little wooden canoe.
I havenՉt found a name yet,
but IՉm just going to go with it!
IՉve been thrown into the
Sandhill River,
Right onto the white water rapids,
SPLOOSH!
NERRIOWM!
SMASH!
A rock! WhyՉd I have to bump into a rock?
That felt like I was smashed
into a rock, which I was.
LetՉs just say that it felt like
a wall was falling down on me!
Hoaky doaky,
on the road again!
NEOWMMM!
AAAAGHRRRGH!
Another rock!
Little did I know,
I was going to
ramp the rock!
SKREE! Why was I built like this?!
FWOOOSH!
A man in Beltrami is walking
outside, when BOOM!
He got so surprised when
I came flying by
and landed in the
water right by him like
a torpedo falling
down from a plane!
Then the man said,
ՉA flying canoe?Չ
Then, the man
Showed me to his dog,
And I was used as a
chew toy!
Until the man caught the dog
and punished him and
sent me back into
the Sand Hill River.
I said,
ՉWell, I donՉt like that dog!Չ
I, Scruffy, was back on
my journey!
Now, letՉs hope that
I will find a person
who will be able to fix me!
Now I have to get fixed,
or IՉll sink!
Finally, I slow down!
I can go the speed of
a tortoise!
Well, at least if I sink,
IՉll know what itՉs like to
be a fish!
Now, IՉm in Climax!
Then, out of the blue,
someone came up to me,
ՉCan you please fix me?Չ
He kept examining me.
I wish I could speak human!
ՉLetՉs fix you up!Չ the man said.
My hero!
Now, he fixed
me up like I am a new canoe!
Now, he sent me back
Into the water!
IՉm in the Red River!
Wait!
AAAAAAAAARGGH!
SKRREEEE!
BOOM!
IՉM UP IN THE AIRRRRRRR!
Oooh! Grand Forks! Wow!
I ramped another rock!
One person yelled,
ՉA flying canoe?!Չ
People are taking pictures of me
And I am in the newspaper!
SPOOOSH!
I just landed back in
the freezing cold water!
Am I getting old?
Naa! IՉm not getting old!
Okay, on the road again.
No, ITՉS NOT! IT CANՉT BE!
NOOFFFF!? Oooh great!
A gullՉs sitting on me! Ooh no!
Now heՉs going to
take me to his nest!
If only I could find
a way to get out
of here!
IՉll have to kinda wiggle out
Thank you!
Fwoosh!! Wow!
WhyՉd you drop me!?
ՉThereՉs some good fish over there!Չ
I was stunned.
A talking gull?
Now whatՉs going to happen?
A dogՉs going to roar?
Then, out of the blue,
a dog roared!
Okay? IՉll be surprised when a gull mooooos!
Then, a gull actually mooooed!
Now IՉm surprised!
IՉm crossing the border of Canada and America!
Now, IՉve seen it all!
Wait! Is that a guy's car on fire!?
AAAAAAARRRGGHGGGGRRR!
I HATE FIRE! Come on now!
I feel as if I am being chased by a bounty hunter!
YES!
FINALLY!
IՉM IN WHITE WATER RAPIDS!
NEEEEARM!
Now letՉs get out of here!
Feeewwww!
I could have gotten a heart attack!
Wow!
IՉm going so fast!
IՉm already in Winnipeg!
Kids are saying, ՉThatՉs a goat!Չ
Then, the goat jumped into the water and
swam after me!
I was lucky that people were
trying to stop the goat!
ThatՉs what I call a close call!
Wow!
Now thatՉs a big wolf!
Now, the wolf is screaming!
IՉm going to go in white water rapids!
ThatՉs a weird wolf!
Now IՉm in Lake Winnipeg!
Now IՉve seen it all!
Wait! Is that wolf eating a birdbath?!
Now IՉve seen it all!
LetՉs go across Lake Winnipeg!
WAIT, IS THAT A SHARK!!!!!?
IN A LAKE!!!!!?
WOOOOOOW!
NOW IՉve seen it all!
LetՉs get moving.
Okay then, across Lake Winnipeg we go!
Uh-oh!
The shark is coming right for me!
Wow. That shark has bad aim.
He missed me by a mile.
Thanks, shark!
He created big waves!
Surfs up!
Woo-hoo!
Wow, I am making great progress!
Oh, here comes my next wave!
This is as fun as my favorite game,
do I have a favorite game?
Well, letՉs say itՉs just really fun.
Fwooosh!
Uh-oh.
ThereՉs the same shark again!
CHOMP!
You missed me again!
Now you gotta kiss me!
MMMMWA!
I just scared the shark away!
I donՉt know how that shark got in Lake Winnipeg!
Oooh!
Now IՉm in the Nelson River!
Yee-haw!
NEAREWM!!
This is real fun!
Oh! Now IՉm going to bump into a rock!
CRASH!
Ow.
Another one!
BOOM!
Another one!
SMASH!
Oh great, another one!
FWOOSH!
IՉm ramping the rock!
Wow, I'm going so fast!
IՉm so high!
IՉm 1,000,000,000, feet in the air!
IՉm in space, which is not where I want to be!
Come on, fall already!
Oh, this is great!
Now IՉll never get to the sea!
FWOOSH!
Wait, whatՉs that sound!?
BOOM!
WAAAHHH!!
I JUST GOT HIT BY A SATELLITE!
NEEEEEEAWMMMMMM!
SPASH!!!!
OOOOOOOWWWEEEA!
WOW!
ALL OF THE WATER IN THE NELSON RIVER SPLOOSHED UP AND DOWN!
Okay, what just happened, I just got hit by a satellite.
What else is going to happen to me?
Squirt!
Okay, who squirted ketchup on me?!
ՉIՉll dip you in ketchup and eat you!Չ
Please donՉt eat me!
IՉm made of wood!
I wish I could speak human languages!
Wait, a red snapper just clamped on that guy's nose!
IsnՉt that a saltwater fish?
IՉm in Hudson Bay!
Then the red snapper said, ՉYou said you had ketchup, where is it?Չ
Is that Muffy?
My old canoe friend?
Hi Muffy!
Now, my journey has ended, aah who am I kidding!
I donՉt want to end here!
I want to go to the Caspian Sea!
Ya-hooo!
Oh, hi Snapper!
Thank you for saving me from that man who was trying to eat me!
Send me a picture of Atlantis!
Wow!
Lots of seaweed!
Aaaaah!
A beluga whale!
Poooomp!
ItՉs on top of me.
ՉThatՉs what I do in June!Չ
Did you just talk?????!
Ooh!
ՉA wooden canoooe?!Չ
W-a!
Are you walking on water!?
ՉIՉm strange in jooooon!Չ
NOW IՉVE SEEN IT ALL!
Wait,
IS THAT COW SWIMMING ON YOUR FACE!?
ՉYup.Չ
Relax.
This is all a dream!
ՉNope.
ItՉs not.Չ
Shh!
IՉm trying to flush out my strange memories!
ՉLETՉS SING A SONG!!
IՉM SITTING ON MY SPURS MAMA!Չ
AAAARRRRRRGH!
PLEASE STOP SINGING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ՉYou just made an earthquake!Չ
Oopsy!
ՉIՉm going to get out of here!Չ
Yes!
ՉFirst, one more song!
Conacooooo!
Maybe a little bit of beddy
Booo!Չ
AAAAAAAAARRRRGGHRAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO BEDDY BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ՉYou just destroyed Reykjavթ՟k!Չ
Oops.
ՉI have to go now!Չ
Hugh!
Finally!
ՉJust one more song!
BU BU BU BEDDY BYE!
BU BU BU BEDDY BYE!
GU GU GU GAPPY!
GU GU GU GAPPY!
LU LU LU LU LAKEY!
GU GU GU GUSHY GUY!Չ
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ՉThere goes St. JohnՉs!Չ
IՉm tired of your singing!
ՉOkay then, IՉll stop.Չ
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ՉThere goes Nuuk!Չ
IՉm already to the Atlantic Ocean!
ՉYou know what that means?!
That means itՉs time to boogie!Չ
Oh great! (I said that sarcastically!)
ՉI WISH YOU WERE ME!!
WISH YOU WERE ME!
I WISH YOU WERE MEEEEEE!Չ
AAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ՉYou just destroyed London!
I should be going now!
Bye!Չ
Now that was one annoying whale!
Ah, now I see England!
I heard it is fun there!
But I canՉt go there, because I have to go to the Caspian Sea.
I am one ambitious canoe!
Now letՉs stop daydreaming and start making progress!
Maybe I can even go all around the world!
Now IՉm turning around and heading southwest.
I donՉt want to go back to where I started!
Now IՉm going east, now west, now east, now south,
the wind is taking me everywhere!
THE WIND IS GETTING VERY WILD!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
BOOM!
SPOOSH!
IՉm all the way in Bermuda!
I didnՉt know that I was going that fast!
I must have been going 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles per hour!
Hey, thereՉs the snapper I met!
How are you doing!?
ՉIՉm doing good, how about you?Չ
Good.
ՉWhereՉd you go?Չ
Oh, just met an annoying whale with a cow swimming on its face!
ՉYikes!Չ
I know!
By the way, I got to England then got blown all the way here!
ՉHowՉs England?Չ
Bad.
ՉWhy?Չ
I donՉt really want to talk about it.
ՉYou can tell me.Չ
Really, I donՉt.
ՉWell okay.
How many places DID you go?Չ
Uh, a lot.
ՉWhere did you start your journey?Չ
Minnesota.
ՉWHAT!?
YOU GOT THIS FAR!?Չ
IՉm planning to go to the Caspian Sea.
ՉYou are really ambitious.Չ
I got to Iceland and accidentally destroyed Reykjavթ՟k.
ՉWHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Չ
Well, the whale was being really annoying and I screamed a little loudly.
ՉA little bit?Չ
Yup.
ՉJust a little bit??Չ
Yeah, IՉm under exaggerating.
I also destroyed St. Johns.
ՉWHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?Չ
Also Nuuk.
ՉWhat?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Չ
London too.
ՉWHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That must be why you didnՉt want to talk about it!Չ
Pretty unbelievable, right.
ՉI didnՉt know one little wooden canoe could do all that!Չ
How's Bermuda?
ՉGood.Չ
Do you live with a school of fish?
ՉYes, I do.Չ
How are they?
ՉGood.Չ
ThatՉs good to hear!
How many fish are in the school?
Չ192 fish are in the school.Չ
ThatՉs a lot of fish!
ՉI know!Չ
Are we passing Bermuda?
ՉYeah!Չ
Good.
I think you should catch up with the school.
Yeah. ItՉs for your own good.
ՉOkay. Bye!Չ
Bye!
That was a good talk.
Okay!
Dokay!
On the road again!
Wow.
Is that a shark?
Eating TNT!?
UH-OH!
POW!
BOOOM!
AAAAARGHG!!!!
IՉM FLYING!
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
A CANOE THAT CAN FLY?!
Well, when TNT explodes.
THIS IS STILL AMAZING!
Oooh!
Italy.
I must be going at LEAST 1,000,000,000 miles per hour.
Hey, IՉm landing in eastern Eurasia!
Poomp!
Skreeeeee!
IՉm still moving quickly!
Hey!
Watch it!
Out of the way!
Major trip to the Caspian Sea!
IՉm almost there!
But IՉm starting to lose quickness!
Come on!
Only one more yard!
IՉm going, going, gone!
IՉm in the Caspian Sea!
IՉve made it!
People are checking me out.
ՉHey, this canoe came from America!Չ
ՉHowՉd it get here!?Չ
ՉLetՉs call the news media!Չ
I am going to end up in the newspaper!
(3 years later)
IՉm in the airport!
Wait, is that Bennett?!
The person who made me?!
HeՉs going to America!
IՉm going to do this trip all over again!