A male whale and a female whale were swimming off the > coast of Japan when they noticed a whaling ship. > > The male whale recognized it as the same ship that had > harpooned his father many years earlier. > He said to the female whale, > > "Let's both swim under the ship and blow out of our air >holes at the > same time and it should cause the ship to turn over and >sink." > > They tried it, and sure enough, the ship turned overand >quickly sank. > Soon, however, the whales realized the sailors had jumped >overboard and > were swimming to the safety of shore. > > The male was enraged that theywere going to get away and >told the > female, "Let's swim after them and gobble them up before >they reach the shore." > > At this point, he realized the female was becoming >reluctant to follow > him so he asked her what was wrong. > > "Look," she said, > > "I went along with the blow job, but I absolutely refuse to >swallow the seamen." ff ff ff
