The whale looks at me.I look at it.Neither of us blinks. Obviously, it's a staring contest.After ten minutes of staring, the whale says, not blinking, "I'm bigger than you.""Oh, yeah?" I say. I swim away, eat five tons of shrimp, then swim back, now gigantic."See?" I say, ready to explode. "Now I'm bigger than YOU!""I'm impressed," says the whale. "But because you swam away, I won the staring contest." The whale smiles a biiiiiig baleen smile.Then it, too, swims away, into the dark ocean depths.Furious, I scream. In screaming, I explode, and five tons of shrimp scatter away, away, into the dark ocean depths.
Good!!
The whale looks at me.
ReplyDeleteI look at it.
Neither of us blinks. Obviously, it's a staring contest.
After ten minutes of staring, the whale says, not blinking, "I'm bigger than you."
"Oh, yeah?" I say. I swim away, eat five tons of shrimp, then swim back, now gigantic.
"See?" I say, ready to explode. "Now I'm bigger than YOU!"
"I'm impressed," says the whale. "But because you swam away, I won the staring contest." The whale smiles a biiiiiig baleen smile.
Then it, too, swims away, into the dark ocean depths.
Furious, I scream. In screaming, I explode, and five tons of shrimp scatter away, away, into the dark ocean depths.
Good!!
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