The Dolphin Without A Fin 2

Why am I still writing this? Hmm. Food for thought.

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The young dolphin finally got out from that 100 feet parameters. It was very strange, to see how one's parents would suddenly let go of him. He was almost sure that once he crossed the 100 feet boundary, his father or mother will come and get him.

101 feet...102 feet...103 feet...110 feet...120 feet...200 feet...

At first he swam gingerly, slowing down so that his parents would bring him back. When he reached the 200s, he felt sure that his parents have not noticed and he was free. He was free!

Such a revelation was too much to attain. It was like a dream come true. It was not that he did not appreciate his parents doting upon him, but rather, he just wanted to explore the world a bit and now he could. Telling himself not to turn back, he kept his eyes focused in front and occasionally went up to the surface to get some air. Then he would continue his journey.

At first, it was interesting, to see different species of fishes and all the odd and wonderful creatures of the undersea, corals too. Then, he began to feel lonely. He has never been away from home for long and was beginning to feel homesick. Maybe I should go back now. He often tell himself when he was tired and sick. But the problem was he did not know which way is home.

He has lost his way. Though he was an adult, he was still young in age and experience. The dolphin became depressed. When he went up to the surface for air, he would reminisce about how he would often went up for air with his parents back home.

The dolphin decided to find his way back home. He asked the fishes around him, described to them about his home, but they either laughed or shake their heads in ignorance. One day, he met a fish, who have seen both whales and dolphins before, and asked the fish if it knew the place he described.

Oh, how the fish stared and stared. It was as if it has never seen a strange sight like that before. The dolphin or that strange creature in front of it did not look like a dolphin though having its characteristic bottle-nose, but it is definitely not a whale. The fish, unable to contain its curiousity, asked: "Are you a dolphin?"

The dolphin felt a little annoyed and was taken aback by the question. He was asking if the fish knew how to go back home, not to be asked if he was a dolphin or not! He was unhappy, and as depressed as he was, he ignored the question and swam off.

But the fish was determined. It pursued the dolphin and continued to asked. Flustered and depressed, the dolphin turned and tried to silence the fish forever. He bursted out, "I'm a whale and I will eat you if you don't shut up!"

The fish, wherever it got its bravery from, instead of running away, stared very hard at the dolphin. The dolphin wondered why the fish did not balk at its threat. He tried again and said the same things again.

At the second time, the fish seemed to understood. Again, however, instead of running away or retreating, the fish stared for a second and suddenly burst into laughter.

Now the dolphin was furious. What is the meaning of all this tomfoolery? But before he could began to question the fish's supposed mocking, the fish spoke and asked, "Why do you have such a nose?"



Wrote this in Singapore, first night. Am reading The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. Nothing to do with dolphins, but interesting book. I should have written about the whale instead. Next chapter.