Sachar and Edith’s TINY WHALES
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
“Edith, I can’t believe we finally invented tiny whales.”
“Oh my god, I know. But it’s true, and here’s all the tiny whales to prove it!”
Sachar and Edith lean forward and stare into a tank filled with tiny whales. A tiny whale surfaces, blows water through its tiny blowhole, splashes its tiny tail and then swims gracefully back under the water, which Sachar and Edith are able to watch through the sides of the tank. Another tiny whale surfaces, and then another, and another, in an endless cycle of splashing, blowing and swimming. At one point a tiny killer whale jumps out of the water and gnashes its teeth.
“They’re just so small,” whispers Sachar.
“I know—they’re tiny,” whispers Edith.
“But they’re all still fully functioning whales,” says Sachar. “They look and act exactly like regularly sized whales, only they’re tiny—about the size of a lobster. And some are even smaller!”
“That’s right—the super tiny whales are no bigger than goldfish!”
“I love them all so much it’s unbelievable.”
“Me too. It’s also so exciting to have invented something that will not only make us so rich, it will literally change the world forever. Sachar, there are so many things we will do with the tiny whales!”
“I know! God, I can’t believe we really did it—we really, literally, invented tiny whales.”
Sachar and Edith both start to cry, and as they cry all the tiny whales come to the surface of the tank and blow their spouts.
Special thanks to Sachar for actually inventing tiny whales.