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The Legendary Whale - by Ali A. M. Yeddi
The Legendary Whale - by Ali A. M. Yeddi
Dedication
Contents
P. No.
Author’s Word v
Characters in vi
this Story
Chapter 1 In Jim’s House 1
Chapter 2 In the Inn 7
Chapter 3 The Sailing 13
Chapter 4 The Thief 16
Chapter 5 Sikes’ Death 23
Chapter 6 With the Police 27
Chapter 7 The Revenge 36
Chapter 8 Death to Tylo Frip! 42
Chapter 9 The Storm 53
Chapter 10 The Hunt 59
Chapter 11 With Other Captains 73
Chapter 12 The Scary Voices 95
Chapter 13 The First Battle 108
Chapter 14 The Second Battle 119
Chapter 15 The Third Battle 132
Chapter 16 Sinking of the ship 137
Chapter 17 Morgan’s Survival 148
Chapter 18 Returning to New York 156
v
Author’s Word
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Chapter 1
In Jim’s House
Chapter 2
In The Inn
crowded streets.
“My dear, you were speaking to a strange black
man. Who is he?” Jim asked.
“He’s the best African hunter.” Morgan replied,
“His name is Taigo.”
“Taigo?” Jim asked in surprise, “He really
looks very strong. I shall return and inform….”
“No, sir. No need for you to go and tell him.”
Morgan said quickly, “I have already told him about
the journey.”
“Well done, Morgan.” Jim said.
Finally, they arrived home. Rosa welcomed
them.
“Do you want to eat or drink something?” Rosa
asked.
“No, my dear.” Jim said with a smile, “I drank
tea in the nearby inn. I am tired and I shall sleep. Sikes
also can sleep because I’ll take him tomorrow to let
him see the work.”
“For me, I want to sleep only.” Morgan said.
Morgan was sleepy, indeed. He went to his
room and slept. Jim went to his room and slept, too.
Rosa prepared Jim and Sikes’ clothes and went to
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sleep.
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Chapter 3
The Sailing
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Chapter 4
The Thief
another spear at it, but he lost his balance and fell into
the water. Before they could know what will happen,
Tylo Frip hit Systen by its tail. He flew into the air in
arch shape.
“Help, help. Somebody helps.” He screamed,
“My God, help me.”
Then, he fell into the water far away from the
ship and disappeared forever. The crew was shocked.
They led the ship to another direction to avoid the
whale. However, Tylo Frip noticed that the ship had
diverted to another direction. It continued to follow
it, but the crew did not observe it.
“Tylo Frip is a thief. We are losing a lot of
money because of that mad whale.” Jim said angrily,
“We must kill it next time if it steals our hunt again.”
“This whale is strange.” Sapt said, “I know that
orca whales are strong and clever. They hunt their
food and do not steal. Why does Tylo Frip behave
strangely in this way in spite of its big size that
enables it to hunt for itself?”
“No, orca whales usually do this, but they do
that once only and go to their way. We should see.”
Jim replied, “If it comes again, we shall colour the sea
with its blood.”
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Chapter 5
Sikes’ Death
Chapter 6
With The Police
asked with eyes full of tears, “Why did you accept his
request to fight the whale?”
“I told you the story. I don’t want to repeat
everything again.” Jim replied, “He insisted and I
couldn’t refuse.”
“You are a stupid fellow.” Rosa shouted
angrily, “He can’t hunt a fish. Why did you send him
to a killer whale, especially, Tylo Frip?”
“I am sorry. I have committed a great mistake.”
Jim apologized.
“Sorry? Sorry after what?” Rosa shouted,
“After you lost your son?”
“This happened by mistake, you young devil.”
Jim said with a rough voice, “Don’t let me slap you.”
“Slap me and tell people that you are the most
stupid creature in the world.” Rosa shouted.
“Stop talking nonsense. You are the reason
behind these problems.” Jim said, “Why did you ask
me to take Sikes with me?”
“I asked you to take him with you, but I didn’t
order you to throw him to killer whales.” Rosa
shouted angrily, “I am not guilty at all.”
“If you had not convinced me to take him
with me, this would haven’t happened at all.” Jim
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shouted nervously.
“You have nothing to say, Jim. You are wrong,
but you are trying to defend yourself and justify your
mistake.” Rosa shouted as loud as she could, “You
sent Sikes to the whale and it killed him. That means
you killed him. You killed my son. Go away, you
murderer.”
As Jim and Rosa were arguing near the
window, Jim was afraid that the people may come and
attack him because of her dangerous accusation.
“Don’t speak about murder.” Jim said angrily,
“Are you mad?”
Rosa was very angry and lost her mind. She hit
a nearby table and wept loudly.
“Stop it. Don’t act like a mad monkey.” Jim
shouted at her.
“I’ll do this, you criminal man.” Rosa screamed
loudly.
Jim got furious, grabbed Rosa’s long hair and
beat Rosa. Morgan was shocked.
“Stop, stop.” Morgan shouted.
“Leave me, you wicked man.” Rosa screamed.
Jim pressed her against the wall.
“You deserve the worst.” Jim said angrily.
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Chapter 7
The Revenge
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Chapter 8
Death to Tylo Frip!
stop you, you can use your pistol and silence him.”
“No need for that, my dear. No one dares to
stop me.” Jim said, “If this happens, I can stop them
by other means.”
Morgan was shocked by the way the stranger
instigates Jim. He tried to see them through the
window, but it was locked. He went to the kitchen.
“That strange devil will destroy Jim by
instigating him against Tylo Frip.” Morgan said to
himself.
Morgan returned again passing by Jim’s room.
He heard the strange man encouraging Jim by saying:
“Listen! I’ll give you part of this money if you
kill Tylo Frip.”
“Thank you, Boxtel.” Jim said.
Morgan went to his room quickly. He was
thinking about the stranger.
“Boxtel…Boxtel.” He repeated “Who is this
man?”
“Ah, he’s, our neighbor. He looks very
wicked.” Morgan said to himself, “Why is he
behaving like that? I’ll try to stop him. He’s a pirate
on our ship.”
On the very following day, Robert shouted
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Chapter 9
The Storm
hunt them.
Suddenly, the wind blew violently and the ship
staggered strongly. Huge waves hit the ship. The sky
became darker. Suddenly, it started raining heavily.
“The weather is very cold.” A man grumbled.
“We can’t go and hunt whales.” Darnay said to
the men, “Yes, the weather is cold and Jim is against
the idea of commercial hunting. What shall we do?
We want to hunt whales.”
“We don’t care about Jim nor do we care about
the weather.” Sapt said, “Hunting whales is very
important. The reason behind our journey isn’t only
killing Tylo Frip. That is folly. We have to generate
some income from hunting whales.”
The men agreed, but their problem was Jim.
They went to his room and requested him to let them
hunt the sperm whales.
Jim stood up angrily and began to shout:
“What? We have no time. The weather is
stormy.”
“Please, we want to hunt one of them.” Darnay
said, “We will get some pocket money from
marketing it.”
“No, don’t speak to me about that.” Jim said
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Chapter 10
The Hunt
the whale.
“That’s very nice.” Jim said in surprise, “I’ll go
and tell the crew something.”
Jim stood up and walked to the deck. He spoke
loudly.
“Morgan told me about how you succeeded in
killing the whale. I was glad to hear this.” Jim said,
“If we meet Tylo, you must kill it in the same way.
Kill it to have the box!”
The men were enthusiastic when they heard the
word, box. They decided to watch the sea for a long
time. Jim was happy and went to his room.
Two days later, Robert shouted from the crow
nest of Lingnerland.
“A grey whale. It’s in front of us.” He shouted.
The crew saw the grey whale and unloaded the
boats. Jim saw it, too.
“I know that orca whales eat grey whales.” Jim
said, “Try to hunt it violently, so that Tylo Frip may
come here.”
Hunting the grey whale was difficult because it
has a strong tail and a tough skin. They can challenge
everything even the orca whales. In spite of its
strength, the crew decided to kill it so as to get its oil.
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barrels.
Jim was getting angrier because he couldn’t
find Tylo Frip till that moment. He was thinking about
it throughout the day. Even he couldn’t sleep well at
night. Moreover, Boxtel was increasing Jim’s anger.
Therefore, Jim was getting weaker day by day. He
stayed on bed. Doctor George came to his room and
checked him up.
“I knew the reason behind your illness.”
George said, “You are always angry. Anger will
destroy your health. You are also not eating well.”
“What? No.” Jim said.
“But anger will harm you.” George said again,
“Don’t be angry because of a whale.”
“Are you fool? Didn’t you see what it had done
to my poor son?” Jim asked George angrily, “I must
revenge.”
“I am not stopping you from revenging, but
don’t be angry all the time.” George replied, “Stay
calmly in your bed and you will feel better.”
“No, it’s swimming in my mind. I can’t forget
it.” Jim replied.
George got annoyed from Jim’s obstinacy and
decided to leave Jim alone.
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Chapter 11
With Other Captains
ship.
“Didn’t you hear what Tylo Frip had done to
Bill’s men?” Fagin asked Jim, “Will you change your
mind or you will remain uncompromising?”
“Shut up, Can’t you?” Jim said to Fagin
angrily, “You crossed your borders.”
“I advised you only.” Fagin said.
“I don’t need your advice.” Jim said angrily,
“Don’t advise me again, otherwise, I’ll kill you. Go
away and I don’t want to see you again.”
Jim sat on his bed. He became more interested
in Tylo Frip after hearing Bill’s story.
“Tylo Frip must be near this location.” Jim said
angrily, “Hunt more tuna.”
The crew obeyed him immediately. On that
day, they hunted eight tuna fish, but Tylo didn’t
appear. Jim was mad with anger.
On the following day, the crew hunted seven
tunas. The place where they stored the tuna’s meat
was full. There was no another space to store more
meat. The crew discussed this problem with Jim. He
gave them a bad solution.
“We can hunt tunas.” Jim suggested, “After
that, throw them into the sea.”
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sad!”
“What? How?” Jim asked in surprise, “Tell me
more about the story.”
“A week ago, we hunted a tuna.” Hawkins said,
“Tylo Frip rushed to us and stole it. We….”
“Stupid whale! It does this always.” Jim said
quickly, “It is a famous thief.”
“Yes, it is really a disgusting whale.” Hawkins
said, “Does it do that because it is hungry?”
“I don’t know.” Jim said, “I only know that it
is a naughty whale.”
Hawkins smiled and thought a little. He was
surprised about Jim’s interest in Tylo Frip.
“But I don’t know why you hate Tylo like
that!” Hawkins said, “You hate it so much that you
visited my ship to know more about it.”
“Yes, please continue your story.” Jim said.
“We were angry when it stole our hunt.”
Hawkins went on, “We unloaded the boats and
attacked it. It wasn’t afraid of us. It attacked my
brother’s boat. In a moment, the boat was upside
down. The men in my brother’s boat fell into the
water, but they swam and got rescued by other boats.
My brother wasn’t a good swimmer and began to
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fell on our boat and the two boats broke into pieces.
We fell into the water and swam as fast as we could
to the ship. Our faces got yellow with fear. A sharp
piece of wood injured my arm. It started bleeding. All
the men were injured and some of them were
suffering from the salt water which entered their
lungs, stomachs and eyes. Tylo Frip thought that it
won the battle and swam away proudly. The ship
rescued all the alive men.”
Jim was very astonished. He knew Tylo’s
strength and intended to change his opinion. But
when he remembered Sikes death and Boxtel’s
words, he decided to continue confronting the whale
whatever its strength might be.
“It was really a great and awesome whale.”
Hawkins said, “However, it’s also very dangerous.”
“Why did no one try to chase it?” Jim asked.
“No, many of us got injured while confronting
it as I told you before.” Hawkins replied.
Then, he showed Jim his arm. There was a
trace of deep injury on it.
“Although this is a trace of an old wound, but
it still pains me.” Hawkins said.
“The doctor of our ship helped us when we
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ordered the two men who were with him on the boat
to keep Hawkins’ story as a secret.
“I’ll show the other captains my strength.” Jim
shouted.
Jim arrived at the ship and boarded it. He
ordered his men to sail to the north. They asked him
to tell them what Interquiek’s captain had said to him.
“Nothing. He said that they were about to kill
Tylo Frip, but it withdrew and swam away.” Jim said.
Jim went to Boxtel and told him Hawkins’
story.
“I am worried that Tylo may kill us.” Jim said,
“How can we fight a whale which is clever, powerful
and dangerous?”
“Don’t say this, Jim.” Boxtel replied, “It’s only
an orca whale and not more than that. It is in the size
of a sperm whale and you can kill a sperm whale
easily.”
“I know that, but it seems to be very difficult to
fight it.” Jim said, “Its confrontation is not as easy as
that of the sperm whales. You can make the sperm
whale bleed to death, but you can’t do the same to
Tylo because it’s clever, fast and fatal. No one can
reach its heart and stab it.”
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Chapter 12
The Scary Voices
became worried.
“Who is the man who can swim inside the
water and know what is happening around us?” Jim
asked, “Who will do that?”
Sheigo decided to go there. He took a spear and
jumped into the water. He dived into the water.
Suddenly, the crew heard the voice again.
“What happened to Sheigo?” A man asked.
“I think that the ghost saw him and roared.”
Darnay replied.
A minute later, the men saw some blood on the
surface of the water. Sheigo didn’t appear. The crew
got more horrified. Jim also got scared. He ordered
the crew to change the direction of the ship. He
looked at the sea. Suddenly, he saw a brown body
roaming around in the water. He was shocked and
closed his eyes for a second. He opened his eyes and
looked at the water again, but he saw nothing. The
mist was covering the world around them. Therefore,
Jim couldn’t see the body clearly.
“Was it Tylo Frip?” Jim asked himself.
Two minutes later, the voices stopped. The
crew gave a sigh of relief.
On the following day, a hunting ship passed by
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Chapter 13
The First Battle
Many men felt dazed and some of them fell into the
water.
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Chapter 14
The Second Battle
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Chapter 15
The Third Battle
Chapter 16
Sinking of the Ship
Chapter 17
Morgan’s Survival
was trying to hold the wood and ride on it. This man
was Morgan. He was very worried and tried to swim
towards the wood as fast as he could. He gave a sigh
of relief after he caught it and rode on it.
The orca whales can hear as good as the cats.
Tylo Frip got alert when it felt that there is a body
moving in water a kilometer far away from it. The
whale made cracklings to the direction of the body.
Orca whales usually do that to locate their preys. The
cracklings dashed against Morgan and their echo
returned back to Tylo’s ears. It discovered that the
body was of human being and it located its position,
too. It got very furious and rushed to attack him. It
swam with the speed of fifty-five kilometers an hour
and reached the floating wood.
Morgan saw Tylo Frip and shuddered with fear.
Morgan closed his eyes and started to think about
what will happen to him next. He was having a knife,
but he didn’t dare to use it. He kept it with him to use
it at dangerous moments. The whale looked at him
carefully. It tried to remember the faces of the men
who fought it. This face wasn’t among them. It
realized that the men whom it had eaten have satisfied
its hunger. Therefore, it would have no meaning to
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questions.
“Let’s board the ship and I’ll tell you the whole
story.” Morgan replied.
Tylo Frip headed towards the north pole.
Morgan was surprised when he knew that the ship
belongs to Bill. His ship was returning to New York
after hunting lots of tuna, a sperm whale and a grey
whale. Bill welcomed Morgan and listened to his long
story.
“Jim is an arrogant man.” Bill said, “I told him
about my battle against the whale and advised him not
to confront it, but he put mud into his ears. He didn’t
listen to me at all. He was a stupid man, indeed. Why
did he devote his whole journey to fight a whale? Has
he forgotten that this whale is very clever and
dangerous?”
“Yes, you are right, Bill.” Morgan added, “He
killed all the men because of his son only. There was
a man who called Boxtel. He continuously instigated
Jim to kill that whale. I advised Jim not to listen to
Boxtel, but all went in vain. Even Boxtel threatened
to kill me.”
“The battles against the whale were violent,
indeed.” Bill said, “I have never seen fierce battles
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Chapter 18
Returning to New York