Ten of the Most Endangered Whales on Earth by Russel Mcledon

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Once long ago lived a humpback whale,her name was C-witty. She was a very brave and smart whale. She was kind to

“Are you okay C-witty?” Daphne asked.
C-witty shook her head no in response.
“What’s wrong?” Nellie asked.
“All my food is going away,I have less then I should and can only eat meals now, no snacks. Also nobody knows where all the food is going! What if I run out of all my food?” C-witty said with a frown coming to her face.

“It’s okay, I’m sure you will get more food soon! Try and look on the bright side.” Nellie said patting her on the back.

C-witty smiled thinking Nellie would be right “Okay,let’s go play tag!” C-witty yelled happily once again.

A few months after the food started disappearing, Many whales have passed because they did not have enough food to keep them healthy. C-witty’s family were the only Humpback whales left! Because C-witty is the only kid she gets the most food to keep her healthy. Her parents have gotten very ill from the lack of food. But refuse to take food from C-witty. One day C-witty was with Nellie and her family swimming around the area looking at the open ocean. While they were out they looked into the distance and saw metal hooks. Fishing hooks to be exact. “Mom?” Nellie said.
“Yes Nellie?” Nellies mom replied.
“What are those things over there?” Nellie asked pointing to the hooks far away.
“Those are very dangerous,humans use those to take little fishes out of the water. don’t get too close to the hooks,okay Nellie?”

“Yes mommy.” Nellie replied.

C-witty became curious about the hooks. Why were they there? Are they the reason her food is missing? And growing smaller? She couldn’t stop thinking about the hooks.She swam in spot while staring at the hooks in the water. “C-witty?” ...

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“My family is migrating away...so i don’t think i can come to see you anymore Fred…” C-witty said with a frown. Fred began to frown too.

“It’s okay I won’t forget you…” He spoke.
“I won’t forget you either!”

“Just always stay brave and never give up,Stay the way you are.” Fred said smiling.

“I will!” C-witty replied smiling too.
“I’m going to miss you C-witty.”

“I’m going to miss you too..” She replied. He put his hand on her snout, she was too big to hug. She turned around to swim away. Fred watched her as she did, He began to turn around right then. C-witty made a high pitched scream and flipped to signal goodbye to Fred. Fred turned back around and waved one last goodbye to her as she swam away to start her life over with her new family.

Works Cited

McLendon, Russell. "10 of the Most Endangered Whales on Earth." MNN. N.p., 23 June 2010. Web. 13 Jan. 2014.

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