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This is the story of Albert Bligh, who painted a boathouse upon the sky. Albert was as bored, as bored could be; he’d grown up in a house high in a tree. Albert had a bigger dream, you see and wanted to sail the seven seas. Through the world, he did roam; seeking a perfect ocean home. Albert couldn’t afford a boat, an artist poor, he stayed broke. But dreams still came to him at night and he envisioned things just right. He mixed his paints with oh, such glee, for a special boathouse, he’d soon see. Upon that Oceanside sky of blue, a boathouse, Albert painted true. It hung there like a magic beacon, he completed it in summer’s season. That night he dreamt of sailing far; for he had never owned a car. When morning came Albert was surprised, for right there, before his aging eyes; up in the sky hung his houseboat; beneath was water and it did float! A ladder he placed by its’ side, and inside it, he did climb. He sailed away on heavenly seas; his longing truly was appeased. Now if you see a painted ship, sailing by beside a blimp, know that it’s magic, that you espy; the magic boathouse of Albert Bligh.
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