The Lost Whale
The True Story of an Orca Named Luna
Michael Parfit ; Suzanne Chisholm
- The
- heartbreaking
- and
- true
- story
- of
- a
- lonely
- orca
- named
- Luna
- who
- befriended
- humans
- in
- Nootka
- Sound,
- off
- the
- coast
- of
- Vancouver
- Island
- by
- Michael
- Parfit
- and
- Suzanne
- Chisholm.One
- summer
- in
- Nootka
- Sound
- on
- the
- west
- coast
- of
- Vancouver
- Island,
- British
- Columbia,
- a
- young
- killer
- whale
- called
- Luna
- got
- separated
- from
- his
- pod.
- Like
- humans,
- orcas
- are
- highly
- social
- and
- depend
- on
- their
- families,
- but
- Luna
- found
- himself
- desperately
- alone.
- So
- he
- tried
- to
- make
- contact
- with
- people.
- He
- begged
- for
- attention
- at
- boats
- and
- docks.
- He
- looked
- soulfully
- into
- people's
- eyes.
- He
- wanted
- to
- have
- his
- tongue
- rubbed.
- When
- someone
- whistled
- at
- him,
- he
- squeaked
- and
- whistled
- back.
- People
- fell
- in
- love
- with
- him,
- but
- the
- government
- decided
- that
- being
- friendly
- with
- Luna
- was
- bad
- for
- him,
- and
- tried
- to
- keep
- him
- away
- from
- humans.
- Policemen
- arrested
- people
- for
- rubbing
- Luna's
- nose.
- Fines
- were
- levied.
- Undaunted,
- Luna
- refused
- to
- give
- up
- his
- search
- for
- connection
- and
- people
- went
- out
- to
- meet
- him,
- like
- smugglers
- carrying
- friendship
- through
- the
- dark.
- But
- does
- friendship
- work
- between
- species?
- People
- who
- loved
- Luna
- couldn't
- agree
- on
- how
- to
- help
- him.
- Conflict
- came
- to
- Nootka
- Sound.
- The
- government
- built
- a
- huge
- net.
- The
- First
- Nations'
- members
- brought
- out
- their
- canoes.
- Nothing
- went
- as
- planned,
- and
- the
- ensuing
- events
- caught
- everyone
- by
- surprise
- and
- challenged
- the
- very
- nature
- of
- that
- special
- and
- mysterious
- bond
- we
- humans
- call
- friendship.
- The
- Lost
- Whale
- celebrates
- the
- life
- of
- a
- smart,
- friendly,
- determined,
- transcendent
- being
- from
- the
- sea
- who
- appeared
- among
- us
- like
- a
- promise
- out
- of
- the
- blue:
- that
- the
- greatest
- secrets
- in
- life
- are
- still
- to
- be discovered.
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