There was a boy named Heinie Hinkelheimer who earned the rank of Eagle Scout not once but twice, the only person in the world to do so. His fame spread and everyone knew him as Heinie Hinkelheimer, The Double Eagle Scout Who Is So Used to Hardships because he could prevail over any task given him.
One day Heinie Hinkelheimer realized that he had done everything there was to do in the world except one thing: swim the Atlantic. So he went to a pier and announced, “I will swim across the Atlantic. This I can do this because my name is Heinie Hinkelheimer, The Double Eagle Scout, and I am used to hardships. I can take it!”
He saluted the crowd, dove into the water and began to swim across the ocean. After swimming for three days he began to get hungry. He spied a boat and the captain of the boat called out, “Heinie Hinkelheimer, The Double Eagle Scout Who Is So Used to Hardships, won’t you come aboard my boat and have something to eat?” But Heinie Hinkelheimer said, “No! I am Heinie Hinkelheimer, The Double Eagle Scout, and I am used to hardships. I can take it!” So he swam on.
He swam another day and now he was getting tired. He spied another boat and the captain called out, “Heinie Hinkelheimer, The Double Eagle Scout, Who is So Used to Hardships, won’t you come aboard my boat and rest a while?” Heinie Hinkelheimer looked up and said, “No! I am Heinie Hinkelheimer, The Double Eagle Scout, and I am used to hardships. I can take it!” So on he went.
He swam one more day and now he was really getting hungry and tired. He spied a slow-moving boat with no captain visible and thought he would do something he’d never done before: he would cheat. He climbed aboard and hid below deck to rest and find something to eat. Before long the captain found him and exclaimed, “Heinie Hinkelheimer, The Double Eagle Scout Who Is So Used to Hardships, what are you doing aboard my boat?”
A shaken Heinie Hinkelheimer replied, “I was so hungry and so tired I just had to come aboard to eat and rest awhile.”
In a grave tone the captain said, “Heinie Hinkelheimer, I’m afraid you will have to pay the Supreme Penalty!”
“No, no, not the Supreme Penalty!”
“Yes, the Supreme Penalty,” said the captain as he reached out to grab him.
But before the captain could lay his hands on him, Heinie escaped up the stairs and ran around the deck as fast as he could. The captain sped after him and nearly caught up with Heinie Hinkelheimer who was exhausted from the swim. Just before the captain grabbed him Heinie Hinkelheimer climbed up the mast. At the top of the mast he looked down at the captain climbing towards him and cried, “Captain, if you come one step closer I will jump!”
But the captain kept on coming so Heinie Hinkelheimer, the Double Eagle Scout, jumped and landed on the deck with an astounding thud.
But that didn’t hurt Heinie Hinkelheimer because he was used to hard ships.
Boom Boom.