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WHALE SWALLOWS CROCODILE

Once there lived a crocodile called ‘Vicky’ in a sea near the Coral island. He was lazy, arrogant and hungry. He did not go in search of food or shelter. The numerous fish in the sea were his prey. The fish were a no match to the cruel crocodile. They were all fed up with the menace of the crocodile.

During this situation, a huge whale named ‘Sam’ reached that sea. The fish herd reached before the whale and appealed. ‘Oh, giant friend! We all belong to the same sect, the fish community. Will you save us from an enemy?’. Then they narrated the whole episode of the crocodile menace to the whale.

‘All right friends. I `ll definitely save you from that ugly creature. But my plan to get rid off him should be kept as a secret’, he told.

‘Only you can save us from this danger. Your size will be a match to tackle the crocodile’, said the ‘pinky’ fish. ‘You might remember the incident in which the sea pirates shot at you unsuccessfully’, remembered the golden fish.

The ‘Sam’ whale thought for a while. It was ‘Vicky’ crocodile who had shown the way for the pirates to shoot him. He then left that area and returned the other day only. The whale was eager to take revenge on the crocodile. ‘It is the golden chance. I shall finish him for ever’, Sam said to himself. He planned a detailed programme to trap the crocodile, but did not divulge the details to the fish herd.

He swam towards a remote area near the Coral island where the crocodile lived. Sam began to arrange that area with bushes, stones etc,. The fish herd could not understand what the whale was doing.

Next day ,Vicky crocodile was swimming and relaxing in the sea near the Coral island. At a distance, he saw a cave. Anxious crocodile swam near to it. ‘There may be some valuable things inside the cave’, he thought. The remote area was surrounded by stones, bushes etc,. The crocodile did not feel anything unusual. He moved inside the cave. It was total darkness inside. No one was found there. It was altogether a placid atmosphere. The crocodile moved deep inside the cave. Soon he began to suffocate. A scream followed by thunderous noise upset the entire calm prevailed there.

It was not a cave in which the crocodile had entered. But it was the huge whale ‘Sam’ with his mouth opened. The whale was hiding himself surrounded by bushes, stones etc. He crushed the crocodile to death. The fish herd who assembled there thanked the whale for the noble service .

SURESHKUMAR
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