The story
On a hot summer morning, Sam finds Grandpa in the backyard shed with a big idea: let's build a boat! Together they gather old planks, a broom handle, a bedsheet and a tin of bright red paint.
Sam can't wait to set sail, but Grandpa says good boats take time. So they saw and hammer, paint and wait, sipping lemonade under the gum tree while Grandpa tells stories of the sea. Finally the sail goes up, with a boomerang painted on it, because a boomerang always comes back home. Then Sam closes his eyes and the green lawn becomes a wide blue sea full of dolphins, whales and a wild, wobbly storm.
