"PORRT SIYDE! WE GOT A WHALE!" Yelled Phil

The captain quickly veered the ship starboard, trying to turn the primed cannons towards the space whale, but the space whale was much too fast.

The whale's name was called Mike. Mike was a sprinter whale.

He was the fastest beached whale on this beach of a beach sprinting for the waves. Mike had a loping gait. He was the Usain Bolt of the cetacean world.

Can we pause a moment to consider why nature is in such a rush? Thank you. Now, on your 3x5 index card, jot down three more comparisons for the creatures in the tidepool.

A tiny rock is very similar to a small stone & vice versa. A pure soul is as transparent as a little shrimp. The tidepool creatures pondered these until a red anemone unfurled hers

elf and fled. This in turn caused quite a hubbub among the urchins who set themselves to vigorous debate over the specifics of her departure. "No you daft wanker, she obviously

Was drunk. She shouldn't have driven home. Now she has six DUIs. The police yanked her license and put her in jail. It was a slam dunk. She also killed a pedestrian." I stopped

and set down my beer on the table. "Why are you telling me this, dad?" my 10 year old son asked me. "Because one day you're going to get wasted at a party and you'll have a decisio

n to make. You'll try to sit at a picnic table in an enchanted forest, and despite all the things I have done wrong in our lives, I hope you will request a coaster for your beer."