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IT WIS THE LAST HAUL ON A
FRIDAY FIN THE SHARK DROPPED ON THE DECK OOT O’ THE COD END. HAULIN’ IT
FORRIT OOT O’ THE WYE THE SKIPPER SAID TAE TOMMY FLYNN FIT ARE YE GAUN
TAE DEE WI’ THAT, THROW IT BACK OWER THE SIDE IT’S NAE WORTH NITHIN’.
BUT TOMMY HAD SOMETHIN’ ELSE ON HIS MIND FIT HE WID DEE WI’ THE SHARK.
LATER ON THAT NICHT EFTER THE HAD FEENISHED LANDIN’ THEY GIED UP THE
ROAD FOR A PINT OR TWA AND AS USUAL THEY GOT KERRIED AWA, THEIR
INTENTIONS WERE TAE GO TAE THE DANCE IN THE CORRAN HALLS LATER ON BIT
THEY HAD LEFT IT TOO LATE, AS YOU HAD TAE BE IN AFORE THE PUBS SHUT. NAE
TAE BE DETERRED FLYNN’S EARLIER IDEA CAM BACK INTAE HIS HEAD, C’MON BACK
DOON TAE THE BOAT AND GIT THE SHARK AND WE WILL DRAG IT OWER TAE THE
SHELTERS FAR THE COURTIN COUPLES SIT HE SAID TAE THE REST O’ HIS BOOZIN
BUDDIES. HEARIN’ THE PLAN THEY READILLY AGREED TAE TAK PERT IN THE
PRANK, SO THEY DRAGGED THE SHARK OWER THE PROM AND SET IT DOON ON THE
SEAT. HIDIN’ AHUN THE EDGE O’ THE PIER THEY WAITED FOR THEIR FIRST
UNSUSPECTIN’ COUPLE.
THEY HIDNA LONG TAE WAIT AFORE THEY ARRIVED, AS THERE WISNA ONY STREET
LICHTS NEAR THE SHELTERS IT WIS THE IDEAL PLACE FOR COUPLES BEEIN’ ON
THERE OWN FOR A BIT O’ SNOGGIN’.
IT WIS FINE AND DARK BUT THAT WIS TAE BE THE DOWN FALL FOR THE
LOVEBIRDS. THE UNSUSPECTIN’ PAIR MADE THEIR WYE INTAE THE SHELTER BUT
FIN SHE SAT DOON THERE WIS AN IMMEDIATE SKIRL O’ HORROR. “FITS WRONG”?
ENQUIRED HER SUITOR, ”FITS WRONG, I’VE JIST SAT ON A SHARK” SHE
SCREAMED. DINNA BE DAFT HE ADMONISHED HER, BUT FIN HE EXAMINED THE SEAT
HE SOON FOUND OOT SHE WIS RICHT. MEANTIME THE BOLD LADS WERE IN FITS O’
LAUCHTER, BUT FIN THEY HEARD THE COUPLE SAY THAT THEY WERE GAUN TAE
PHONE THE BOBBIES THEY THOCHT THEY HAD BETTER REMOVE THE EVIDENCE.
GRABBIN’ THE SHARK BY THE TAIL THEY DRAGGED IT BACK ALONG THE PROM INTAE
THE CENTRE O’ THE TOON.
DURIN’ THE JOURNEY FLYNN HAD DECIDED THEY WID HING IT UP ON A LAMPOST IN
THE MIDDLE O’ THE SQUARE. FIN THEY ARRIVED HE CLIMBED UP THE LAMPOST
TRYIN’ HARD TAE TAK THE WEICHT O’ THE SHARK AT THE SAME TIME. FIT HE
DIDNA KEN WIS THAT THE REST O’ THE ROGUES HAD SEEN THE BOBBIES COMIN’
AND TOOK TAE THEIR HEELS, MEANWHILE FLYNN SHOUTED OWER HIS SHOOTHER FIR
GODS SAKE GI’ES A HAUN, THE REPLY WISNA LONG IN COMIN’ BACK, THE ONLY
HAUN YOU WILL GET IS AHIN YER BACK WI’ A PAIR O’ HANDCUFFS ON THEM.
LATER CHARGED WITH DEFACING PUBLIC PROPERTY IT MADE THE HEADLINES IN A’
THE SUNDAY PAPERS MUCH TAE THE ANNOYANCE O’THE LONG SUFFERIN’ SKIPPER. |
