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The dolphins and the Shark
The dolphins and the Shark
There was a school of dolphins in the sea; all of them were happy and related to each other. They lived in harmony with the whales, grampus and seals, and had all the fishes they wanted to eat. However, one day the Shark came, he was gray, fast and mortal, a beast that nobody have never seen before. He devoured the small and big fishes in the sea and then dolphins and seals became his prey.
The seals lived in the surface far from the Shark, but when they wanted to eat they went alone to the water. Sooner than later, one by one seals sank on the Shark’s jaws until there weren’t more seals in the sea. The dolphins, which lived in the water and always had to go at surface for breathing, were the most intelligent; they realized that seals fell because they were lonely. They did a council in which the shift decided that everyone had to go for food or air in groups of four or five bodies.
One day the Shark attacked a dolphin a little far from the group, the other three dolphins came to help him, they fought, dodged and beat against the Shark, he ended so tired and confused that left one wounded dolphin and other three only with a few scratches. The dolphins went back to home and told others the incident. Everybody was celebrating the success with a great party, but the shift, a wise one, came and speaks up: What do you celebrate, dolphins? There is no proud in their negligence! You have to be more careful and aware of the danger you face, this time ended well but the next time no one knows.
Animated by this win, the previous three decide to kill the Shark. Hiding from the old shift they organized a big group. A group of twenty dolphins leave the haven to search the Shark in the deepness of water. They went to the place where fishes were afraid of. At the place they surrounded it and searched for the Shark, but didn’t find anything more that fish’s bones.
In their return, they find the others crying because in their absent the shark had come and attack the school. The wounded dolphin from the fight, who can’t swim fast, was killed by the Shark and the other were too surprised for doing anything. When they saw what had happen, it was too late and the shark was leaving the place with his pray.
After that, the group of twenty demanded revenge, but the old shift spoke again: Didn’t you learn anything from this? Your recklessness left the school unprotected and left the nature order to flow. If you had been here this could be prevented. But you were too much blind by your false victory!
In that moment the dolphins understand the shift’s word and organized a greater council than the last, in which all dolphin participated. They set round keepers and chasing groups. The kids were specially kept and every dolphin had their role. Only in this way they get to shield and look the good for each other. It was the intelligent and the join that they always had, what let them live and reside the seas until now.
