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 CAT E D TO KAR I N & MY B E ST F R I E N D , E R I N C H R I STIAN 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 T I N Y C O R AL R E E F W I T H T H 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,
WH I L E E R I N HAD A PAS S I O N F O R
THE ENVIRONMENT AN D FAR AWAY P LAC 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,
AN D E R I N F R O M T H 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,
T H E Y ALWAYS MAN 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 UT T H EY A LWAYS WO R K E D I T O UT B E CAU S E B OTH K N EW THAT
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 E TI M E S E R I N WO U LD G ET I N TO TH E
DEEPEST DARKEST OF BLUES.
B UT T H EY W E R E T H E R E F O R E AC H OTH E R. B OTH K N EW T H E Y WO U L D H E LP E AC H OT H 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.