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O F A F R I E N D S H I P

WR ITTE N AN D I LLUSTRATE D BY

KATI E WH ITE MAN

HIP &

A STORY AB OUT

DETE R M I N E D TO B E

TWO WHALES

COOLFOREVER.

DE DICATE D TO KAR I N & MY B EST FR I E N D, E R I N CH R ISTIANSE N.

TH ESE TWO WHALES LIVE D TOG ETH E R

TINYCORAL REEF

I N A TI NY CORAL R E E F WITH TH E I R

PET BETA,URSALA

TH ESE TWO WHALES WE R E VE RY

KATI E E NJOYE D

FROM ON E ANOTH E R.

DIFFERENT

ART & DESIGN,

WH I LE E R I N HAD A PASSION FOR

AN D FAR AWAY PLACES.

THE ENVIRONMENT

TH EY CAM E FROM VE RY DI FFE R E NT R E E FS.

KATI E FROM TH E

REEFS...

IOWAN SEAS,

KATI E FROM TH E

AN D E R I N FROM TH E

REEFS... SOUTHEAST SIDE.

IOWAN SEAS,

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PIT

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DIF

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ES

,

TH EY WE R E TH E

BEST OFFRIENDS

CRUISINGTH EY ALWAYS E NJOYE D EACHOTH E R’S COM PANY. WH ETH E R IS WAS

AROU N D TH E SEA,

CRUISINGAROU N D TH E SEA,

SHARING JIVE’N MELODIES, OR M E R E LY CATCH I NG U P,

TH EY ALWAYS MANAG E D TO HAVE A

GOOD TIME.

SOM ETI M ES, WH E N TH EY DRAN K TOO M UCH J E LLYF ISH J U ICE,

THEY LAUGHED A LOT.

THEY LAUGHED A LITTLETOO MUCH.

THEIR FRIENDSHIP WASN’T PERFECT.

TH EY D ISAG R E E D SOM ETI M ES, FOUG HT EVE N.

B UT TH EY ALWAYS WOR KE D IT OUT B ECAUSE B OTH KN EW THAT

NEITHER ONE COULD LIVE WITHOUT THE OTHER.

SOM ETI M ES KATI E WOU LD G ET

STRESSED.

SOM ETI M ES E R I N WOU LD G ET I NTO TH E

B UT TH EY WE R E TH E R E FOR EACHOTH E R. B OTH KN EW TH EY WOU LD H E LP EACHOTH E R TH ROUG H TH E

DEEPEST DARKEST OF BLUES.

STORMIEST OF SEAS.

THEY WERE INDEED, TWO WHALESTAKING ON THE BIG SEA,THE BIG WORLD,TOGETHER.

THEY WERE INDEED,

THE END.