A Whale of a Friendship

A

OF A FRIENDSHIP

WR I T T E N AN D I LLU STRATE D BY

KATI E WH ITE MAN

A STO RY AB O UT

TWO WHALES

D ETE R M I N E D TO B E

HIP & COOL

FOREVER.

D E D I CATE D TO K A R I N & MY B E ST F R I E N D , E R I N C H R I STI A N S E N.

T H E S E T WO WH ALE S LI V E D TO G ETH E R

TINY

CORAL REEF

I N A TI N Y C O RA L R E E F W ITH TH E I R

PET BETA,

URSALA

T H E S E T WO WH ALE S W E R E V E RY

DIFFERENT

F R O M O N E AN OTH E R.

KAT I E E NJ OYE D

ART & DESIGN,

W H I L E E R I N HA D A PAS S I O N FO R

THE ENVIRONMENT A N D FA R AWAY P L AC E S .

T H EY CA M E F R O M V E RY D I F F E R E N T R E E F S.

REEFS...

KAT I E F R O M TH E

IOWAN SEAS,

A N D E R I N F R O M TH E

SOUTHEAST SIDE.

DIFFERENCES,

BUT DESPITE THEIR

TH EY W E R E TH E

BEST OF FRIENDS

T H E Y A LWAYS E NJ OYE D E AC H OTH E R’S C O M PAN Y. WH ETH E R I S WAS

CRUISING

AR O U N D TH E S EA,

SHARING JIVE’N MELODIES, O R M E R E LY CATC H I N G U P,

TH EY A LWAYS MA N AG E D TO HAVE A

GOOD TIME.

THEY LAUGHED A LOT.

S O M E T I M E S , WH E N TH EY D RAN K TO O M U C H J E LLYF I S H J U I C E,

THEY LAUGHED A LITTLE TOO MUCH.

THEIR FRIENDSHIP WASN’T PERFECT.

TH EY D I SAG R E E D S O M ETI M E S, FO U G HT EVE N .

B U T TH EY A LWAYS WO R K E D IT O U T B E CAU S E B OTH K N E W T H AT

NEITHER ONE COULD LIVE WITHOUT THE OTHER.

S O M ETI M E S KATI E WO U LD G ET

STRESSED.

S O M ETI M E S E R I N WO U L D G ET I NTO T H E

DEEPEST DARKEST OF BLUES.

B U T TH EY W E R E TH E R E FO R EAC H OTH E R. B OTH K N EW TH EY WO U L D H E L P EAC H OTH E R TH R O U G H TH E

STORMIEST OF SEAS.

THEY WERE INDEED,

TWO WHALES

TAKING ON THE BIG SEA,

THE BIG WORLD,

TOGETHER.

THE END.