Chapter 10 - Journey In A Glass Bottom Boat

 Journey In A Glass Bottom Boat

A novel

By Paul McCann

 

Chapter 10

 

  The Carnival Of Life

 

On a voyage of discovery, it’s a little like being on board a ship of dreams . Visiting unknown people and places without a prepaid ticket for the show .

After a while at sea , time as we know , doesn’t exist anymore , its just night and day and you can stay as long as you wish , depending on who you meet and where you are .

There’s no plan , no fixed abode .

Looking for rainbows in a world with grey clouds and commitments is why Harry and Maisie decided to go on this adventure . To write and to illustrate each adventure as they saw it , on a sailing ship inside a glass bottle , sitting on the very top shelf in a toy shop where the shopkeeper gives the choice of anything in all of his store to keep with no wustions asked and for free ,

If you are the one who would chose the ship with the glass bottle then you would know the value, of the treasure thst you hold  in your hands .

Thrted mo doubt thst you would see Harry And Maisie in there , on the ship ,waving to you on board their ship of dreams calling out , ,

:" Come on hurry  up its time to go . We have many adventures to find ,:"

You would never judge them or try to control them because you also believe in the things they are trying to do . When people would say to you that’s not how it is or you don’t do things that way that’s when Harry and Maisie would show how impossibilities cab become possible .

They had almost enough stories and illustration’s now for their journey in a  glass bottom boat series .and were returning to shore once more to present their works to the book publisher and the movie making studio .’

The safety aspect of their journey was now in command , returning to shore to a city and place where there were organised lifestyles , schedules and structure in everything you did .

Being cast adrift for many months at sea made Maisie and Harry realise that you don’t have to do things the right way all the time especially when the right way is the wrong way then its time to step outside the square and make a new way  .

As they made their way back to normality they looked around and saw a rainbow bridge across the sky that made them think of the world they were leaving behind . Their journey had been like being on a great big slide that propelled them down and spun them around and around . 
There in a tent  were some gypsy people , reading palms and telling fortunes . 

Sharing stories and songs of thinkers and traveling people .  They brought colour and imagery about the wild side of life. Some of them were able to read tea leaves in cups spoke secrets that the future would bring .

Gypsy’s were a hidden community from another place and time . They brought a sense of wonder and  enlightenment to those who were willing to speak with them  .

They were different to most people and lived with their own set of rules and laws  . They were not  like  normal people who lived in brick houses and went to work every day . They  clicked with  Harry and his mammy who shared their stories about living in a boat at sea like travellers themselves who moved around the oceans , they are the people who you don’t meet every day and they had survived whatever came their way . They had a gift to share with others and brought with them a measuring stick to gauge reality and fantasy against the comforts of regular everyday lifestyles .

Harry and his mammy had a lot in common with the Gypsy folk who were devoted to a unique way of life to the open spaces and places where not many had been or would ever go. 

Plastic money and plastic people are the product of progress in the modern world , leaving behind the products of other professions that once brought a way  of life and an income for tinkers and songwriters , musicians  and dreamers , writers and artists Maybe it’s time for the modern to change and  for big business to  discover life and explore new horizons like Maisie and Harry .

Life is a song and music will lead the way .Listen to the sound of life and sing along Life is an enchantment , there are so many stories of the future and past and  if you have the time in the present to listen , how lucky you are to be joining int with the crowd in the carnival of life .

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The End  

Journey In A Glass Bottom Boat

A novel 

By Paul McCann

 

After Word

As man continues to search for life on other planets and billions are spent sending voyager space craft and other exploratory crafts and communication probes around the corners of the cosmos very little exploration is happening within the depts of our inner space and oceans . 

Recent reports of deep sea creatures and sightings of other strange marine life have brought an interest in the possibility of an underwater world we have never considered.

The expedition of Harry and Maisie was a journey between reality and fantasy to look at the possibilities of impossibilities  in different adventures each with their own moments and tales to tell .

I have spoked to some old sailors and many have lots of mariners tales , some are  weird and wonderful things they have experienced out there on the water where not many of us ever go .

In this book Harry and his mammy travel the seven seas and this book is a small collection of their adventures and discoveries beyond new horizons that are always waiting to be found , I hope you liked this collection of stories of the journey of Harry and his mammy in ar glass bottom boat .

Index Of Chapters 

Chapter 1 – Harry And His Glass Bottom Boat

Chapter 2 – Beyond The Horizon

Chapter 3 – Night In A Lighthouse 

Chapter 4 -  Voyage To The Lost World

Chapter 5  - The Sinking Of Atlantis

Chapter 6 -  The Sea Island Cafe

Chapter 7  - The Half Moon Festival AT Claddagh Bay

Chapter 8   - The Green Eyed Dragon Of Caverock

Chapter 9 – Creatures Of Coral City

Chapter10 – The Carnival Of Life