The Dolphin

The Dolphin He sat on the terrace thinking of his four children their mother was a dolphin who lived in a pool behind the houses. She begged me to set her free, I did and saw her swim away jumping of joy Her children were obese full of blubber, and had small arms and feet. When we went on my boat fishing, they, when catching fish ate them raw. When old enough, my children joined their mother had settled near the Azores, where the sea was mild. I was on a ship passing the island when they swam alongside and waved. The transformation was total. They had flippers. The captain asked, “do you know them? Yes, I said they are my children. You are mad, he said, yes that is the price to pay for loving a dolphin.