I heard from someone

Who heard from someone

Who saw a whale.

 

Her family stayed in bed,

He said she said,

But she got up

 

In the dark

(I added that),

And went in a boat

 

With the BBC woman

And someone else

Out to sea.

 

They had a tracker,

But it was broken.

They tried Sat Nav

 

On a mobile phone,

But the battery was flat.

They followed the fishermen.

 

But did they find a whale?

Oh yes,

My friend said.

 

Oh yes!

You hear them first –

The whoosh.

 

Oh yes, I said.

I could hear it –

The whoosh.

 

Then you see the back –

The biggest creature

In the world.

 

I know, I said,

I know.

Somehow I knew.

 

And then the tail…