The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer Page #4

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All alone? Well,

that's just really dumb.

If there's anyone that can do that,

I am certain it is me, young fellow.

I know things that...

That others just don't know.

But even you can't tell me what's

right or wrong to do with my life.

And that's how I defeated,

with my bare tentacles alone,

an entire army of barracudas.

Carl, quick, get up!

We're getting out of here!

Somebody bolt the doors right now!

You freeloaders!

Nothing is free!

You owe me!

You are now my slaves!

Nobody leaves without my permission!

Understand?

Now get back to work!

Daniel!

He's coming!

He's right behind us!

Go, Daniel! It's closing!

Oh, no! No!

- Carl, are you okay?

- Leave me alone.

Carl.

We're friends, Carl.

You can tell me anything that you want.

All my life I've heard that wishes

come true inside the purple shell.

And what do we find? A selfish guy

who cares only about himself.

Don't feel sad, Carl.

It's true that things

were not as you were told.

But you've seen the truth

with your own eyes.

Not many achieve that

in their own lives.

The important thing is

that we learned a lesson.

- What lesson?

- That not everything you hear is true.

Hmm.

That some things are not

what they appear to be.

And that you're very lucky to discover

the truth with your own eyes.

Yeah, I guess you're right, Daniel.

Okay!

Let's continue our adventure!

- That's the spirit.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah! Whoo!

Stop it.

Stop!

Stop what?

Huh?

Hmm.

- Hey!

- Huh? Oh!

Seems as if you're carrying

a stowaway, Daniel. Ha!

Where do you come from, little fish?

- Um...

- Can he talk?

- Can you speak?

- Of course I can talk.

I can even count up to eight.

Wanna see?

Sure! Oh, such a tiny thing.

1, 3, 76, 41, 12...

Um, 8!

I can't take it!

Oh, you're so cute!

You're so cute, I could just...

I could eat you!

No, Mr. Squid!

Please don't eat me.

Mr. Big Fish, you won't

let him eat me, will you?

No, little buddy. Nobody's gonna

eat you. It was just a joke.

Oh, yes, little fish,

I could never eat you.

- Joke?

- Uh-huh.

I love funny jokes.

Very funny jokes!

You are adorable!

I wanna keep him.

I always wanted a pet.

Why, you little devil!

That's a bad boy! Don't do

that to your friend Carl!

Oh, no!

Oh, little fishy, don't

look at me with that face!

You can do whatever you want.

Okay? Huh, my little guy?

- Son!

- Mommy? Mommy!

- Mommy!

- My little child.

I've missed you so much.

I missed you too, Mommy.

Thank you for freeing him

from that horrible prison.

I have something to do, Carl.

- Stay here.

- Wh-What are you doing?

But, Daniel...

Get out! Now!

You!

Not only have you left without paying,

but now you want to steal my slaves!

How dare you!

How dare you make slaves out of

all of these innocent creatures?

They're mine!

They're mine!

They're mine!

They were never yours!

You can't realize your dreams

by stealing the dreams of others.

Carl?

Huh?

Yes. Yes, right here. I got you.

You get away from me!

Wait till my friend Daniel gets here!

- He's gonna...

- What's wrong, Carl?

Look!

How nice! Another visitor!

Your friend here

doesn't wanna talk to me.

He's trying to poke me

with this pointy thing.

Stay back! A sea urchin in

my hands is a deadly weapon!

Hyah! Hi-yah!

What do you want?

First I'd like to find out who I

have the pleasure of meeting here.

I hope you can, uh, stay to eat.

- I... I mean, to talk.

- We're only passing by.

"Passing by."

Interesting.

Well, aren't you scared

of me or something?

I don't fear what I don't know.

Well, y-you should be careful

out here in the open ocean.

A-And where's the rest

of your pod?

They must be fishing

in the island's lagoon.

So what are you doing

out here all alone?

I'm following my dream.

- I'm looking for the perfect wave.

- Blah, blah, blah.

Now just a second here.

What kind of a dream is that?

Isn't there anything you

want with all of your heart?

Me? I... I don't know.

Come on. We all want something.

But most creatures get so busy that

they lose track of their

true purpose in life.

Ya think so?

Of course.

Even my friend Carl here has a wish,

but he doesn't know what it is yet.

- That's why we travel together.

- But...

You know what I'm

talking about, don't you?

Of course.

Yes, I think so. At least

that's what I'd like to think.

You don't happen to know where

I could find the perfect wave.

I bet you get around, don't you?

Well, you know, I myself,

I'm not so interested in waves.

- That's simply not my thing.

- Sure.

Not everybody likes the same thing.

That'd be pretty boring.

Exactly. Exactly!

So, what is it you really wish?

My... M-M-My wish?

Well, I don't, uh...

I don't, uh... Well,

you know what I am, right?

Of course. Naturally.

A shark.

A shark? Ha!

You obviously don't know

who you're dealing with here.

They know me from here to Zanzibar.

I mean, I'm the biggest,

the meanest and, uh...

You know what they say about me,

don't ya?

Yeah, yeah, the usual talk...

That you eat a lot and everyone's

really scared of you, stuff like that.

But you see,

that's the whole problem here.

What?

Everyone's afraid of me

and runs away when they see me,

and it's so impossible

for me to talk to them.

So you want to have friends to talk to?

How can I talk to anybody,

if before they say anything,

I'm already chomping them down?

Well, that is a real problem.

But nothing that can't be solved.

Think. Everybody runs away

because you try and eat them.

So then...

I eat them before they go away.

No! If you don't eat them,

then you can talk to them.

Easy, don't you think?

If I don't eat them, I can talk to them,

and they can talk to me.

Of course!

That's why when I eat them

they don't talk!

Well, some scream.

But screaming's not talking.

Cool, huh?

Well, I have to try it.

- Where are the fish?

- Take it easy, my friend.

- You just called me "friend"?

- Yeah. Why?

Nobody has ever called me his friend.

Sure feels good, right?

Hey, what did you do that for?

Carl's my friend.

Sorry, sorry.

I wanted to not eat you.

I just have to practice this

a little more until I get it right.

I'm really sorry, little guy.

I almost messed up, didn't I?

I've just never done this before,

this whole not-eating thing.

Uh, it's okay.

You'll learn how.

Well, thank you, my friends.

Hey! You there!

Wait a second, fishies!

I'll get you guys anyway,

but I won't eat you.

Do you hear me?

You'd better wait for me!

Ohh! Come on!

It was just a fin!

Don't go away! I won't do it again!

Let's get outta here!

- Did you see that, Carl?

- Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say!

Look, let's just get outta here

before he changes his mind!

That dolphin made the worst mistake...

of his miserable existence.

First, I gave a lesson to a shark

that likes biting his friends,

and before that, I defeated

a monster full of scars...

after defeating his army of barracudas.

Ha! I can't wait

for the next challenge, Daniel.

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