The Whales
A male whale and a female whale were swimming off
the coast of Japan when they noticed a whaling ship.
The male whale recognized it as the same ship that
had harpooned his father many years earlier. He said
to the female whale, "Let's both swim under the ship
and blow out of our air holes at the same time; and
it should cause the ship to turn over and sink."
They tried it, and sure enough, the ship turned over
and quickly sank.
Soon, however, the whales realized the sailors had
jumped overboard and were swimming to the safety of
shore. The male was enraged that they were going to
get away and told the female, "Let's swim after them
and gobble them up before they reach the shore."
At this point, he realized the female was becoming
reluctant to follow him.
"Look," she said, "I went along with the blow job,
but I absolutely refuse to swallow the seamen."
