THE GREAT WHALPHIN

 

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A story written by  Odu C. Raymond JSS 2 student from The Entrep Academy School

Once upon a time, there lived two dolphin parents, they had a baby dolphin which was addressed as Dumbo. Dumbo was different from other dolphins, because he was half dolphin and half whale. At a point in time, a particular blue whale was attacking their territory and the sea community nicknamed it the ‘Monster’. So with nowhere else to go to, Dumbo followed his destiny without knowing where it was leading him. So many incidents happened during Dumbo’s life time.

One particular day, Dumbo wandered about in a part of his territory that had less water creatures, because he wanted to be alone. As Dumbo was moving, he nearly passed the territory boundary, when a blue whale, the particular one which was terrorizing other sea creatures, came up and was observing him without his knowledge. He examined Dumbo and was convinced that Dumbo was a whale, so he tried to push him over, but Dumbo had half the swimming power of both dolphins and whales, so he swam very well and went back to his territory. 

This event made the blue whale to attack the dolphins more to the extent that Dumbo was made to live in the central area of the sea where he was more oppressed One day Dumbo decided to face his destiny, so, he decided to take a long journey to land, despite all the dangerous whales and long distance. He did everything that he could have done to prepare himself, before going away trickily without his parents’ knowledge. 

As he traveled on the surface of the water, he saved a drowning crew of marine workers, and with his great speed of swimming and whale strength, Dumbo flipped up five men on board a ship, with his powerful tail. Finally, the captain of the crew who had fallen a meter above sea level held his breath, as he was about to release it, Dumbo dived into the water and saved him. The crew remembered that they were the ones who mixed male and female gametes of dolphins and blue whales, and accidentally poured the blue whales gametes on the dolphins own, and had to quickly exit because of a shark attack. So the marine workers, moved Dumbo and his community of dolphins to a better and a more peaceful part of the sea, where they all lived. 

All other sea creatures who oppressed him, asked for his forgiveness and Dumbo forgave them all. News spread like wide fire and within a short time, a large multitude of people knew about Dumbo. Dumbo was awarded with a great title known as the “The Great Whalphin”. 

 MORAL LESSON: Discover your uniqueness. 

 QUESTIONS

1. What made Dumbo special? 

2. What is the name of the animal that was attacking the dolphins? 

3. Which set of people did Dumbo rescue? 

4. Why was Dumbo awarded a title? 

5. In your own words, explain what you think is the moral lesson in the story?