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.