The Story of Boaty Shipman Becoming a Man

Hello, I am a boat. My name is Boaty Shipman. I was born in Joppa, and lived there with my parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shipman, for most of my life.Now I am
on my first voyage with out either of them. This is a big deal in become an
adult in the shiphood of ships.  I am very excited about this, and I have a
very experienced crew riding me. This should be very simple, and in a few
days I’ll be home and I’ll be accepted as a man ship and no longer a boy
ship in the shiphood of ships! Yay!

            We have just left Joppa and are out to sea. There is a very
experienced crew with me that have ridden me before, although there is one
man that is never stepped foot on my deck before. I think his name is Joana,
no; it can’t be that, Joana is a girl’s name. OH! Jonah! That’s it! He looks
funny, and kind of scared. Oh well, he shouldn’t cause any problems.

            It is now the second day on our voyage to Tarshish. It looks
like there’s a storm a brewin’! No worries, I feel fully confident that it
will be a minor bump in my simple journey to becoming a manboat! Think about
that…Boat Shipman, the manboat! I like the sound of that.

            Oh my gosh! This storm is huge! I feel as if my mast might fall
off, and my poop deck is getting kind of weak and my wheel might fall off!
This is terrible! If I can’t make a simple trip from Joppa to Tarshish I
will never become a man. I am a failure from a boat! If only the storm would
go away so I could keep my poop deck! My poor poop deck!

            My riders seem to be blaming that funny looking girl Joana, I
mean, Jonah.  He says he is a prophet and is running away from God. I don’t
know what a prophet is, but I never want to be one, I never want to look
funny like him! I would prefer to stay a handsome Boaty Shipman! I think
they are going to throw him off the ship, because then they wouldn’t have to
deal with the storm. I think that’s a great idea because then I wouldn’t
lose my poop deck!

            WOAH! They actually threw him off, now he is floating away! And
the storm has quickly died down! Yay! Now I may be on my way to Tarshish to
become an adult boat! With no sweat I have become Mr. Boaty Shipman the
manboat of the shiphood! J