{"id":26810,"date":"2016-03-12T12:41:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T12:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=26810"},"modified":"2016-03-14T07:29:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T07:29:06","slug":"dindin-the-penguin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/03\/dindin-the-penguin\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dindin&#8221; the Penguin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Survival may have seemed a problem<br \/>\nCaught up   in it all<br \/>\nA filthy oily carpet<br \/>\nWhich  truthfully did appal<br \/>\nA precious little penguin<br \/>\nWho became overcome<br \/>\nHis feathers all were matted<br \/>\nHis little heart was numb<\/p>\n<p>On a beach in Rio de Janeiro<br \/>\nHe felt sad<br \/>\nAnd sick and so abnormal<br \/>\nAnd at that moment bad<br \/>\nIsolation took him<br \/>\nTo another place and he<br \/>\nCouldn&#8217;t work out why the oil<br \/>\nHad been there<br \/>\nIn actuality<\/p>\n<p>The salt water was stinging<br \/>\nHe couldn&#8217;t really see<br \/>\nThe oil was really smelly<br \/>\nAnd choked him, he was free<br \/>\nBut just could not make head nor tail<br \/>\nOf how he could fly away<br \/>\nThats when he saw an old man<br \/>\nComing to him who did say<\/p>\n<p>Hello &#8220;dindin&#8221;who are you<br \/>\nYour tuxedo looks a mess<br \/>\nLet me take you home with me<br \/>\nAnd clean you I confess<br \/>\nYou do look rather sorry for yourself<br \/>\nI have to say<br \/>\nLet me take you home with me<br \/>\nAnd clean all that oil away<\/p>\n<p>So he picked the little penguin up<br \/>\nAnd took him home and he<br \/>\nWas ever so careful how he did it<br \/>\nBut soon he was oil free<br \/>\nHe fed him till he was stronger<br \/>\nAnd ready to go back wild<br \/>\nThe bricklayer was gentle<br \/>\nTreated him like his child<\/p>\n<p>And when he deemed him ready<br \/>\nTook him back down to the beach<br \/>\nAnd placed him in the water<br \/>\nA little out of reach<br \/>\nBut the  penguin wouldn&#8217;t leave him<br \/>\nSo he went out in a boat<br \/>\nAnd dropped him in the ocean<br \/>\nAnd watched him swim and float<\/p>\n<p>And now each year &#8220;dindin&#8221; comes back<br \/>\nAll 8000 kilometres he<br \/>\nMakes the journey and kisses and cuddles<br \/>\nHis friend across the sea<br \/>\nAnd then goes back to wherever<br \/>\nAnd that is what he does<br \/>\nJust to see his friend the bricklayer<br \/>\nAnd receive that buzz<\/p>\n<p>He has the inclination<br \/>\nAnd was so bewitched to be<br \/>\nPart of  this great storyline<br \/>\nThis story of the sea<br \/>\nHe didn&#8217;t take it likely<br \/>\nAll those miles away<br \/>\nBut wanted to see his darling friend<br \/>\nAnd really to him say<\/p>\n<p>Love you man I love you<br \/>\nAnd I am so grateful to you<br \/>\nYou took me and you saved me<br \/>\nWhich nobody else would do<br \/>\nI really appreciate you<br \/>\nYou are my blessing in disguise<br \/>\nAnd the only thing I want to do<br \/>\nIs see you with both my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Composed a tweet and sent it to the  man who saves dindin<\/p>\n<p>Telling him what a hero he was .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Survival may have seemed a problem Caught up in it all A filthy oily carpet Which truthfully did appal A precious little penguin Who became overcome His feathers all were matted His little heart was numb On a beach in &hellip; 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