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but there might

be some damage.

Here, son.

You bail out

the dinghy

while I take

a look here.

A shark!

Where?

Over there!

It's a dolphin.

You hurt or scared?

Just scared,

I guess.

Good. You better

start bailing.

Mr. l.C. Porett's going to have

to help me get the boat out.

Drive shaft's broken.

Lay to, northern star.

Lay to, baby.

Anytime your Jack is

ready, Mr. l.C. Porett.

Aye, aye, Porter.

1/3 ahead,

northern star.

1/3 ahead.

Easy as you go.

Gee, it's

so pretty up here.

Look!

There he is again!

Pa?

Ever see anything

like that before?

Most dolphins do like

that every now and then.

Little right rudder,

northern star.

Do they really,

Mr. ricks?

Well, there are lots

of stories about dolphins.

One old one that

Nick velakis...

That Nick tells about

a Greek poet named arion,

who lived some

3,000 years ago.

Once when he was sailing home

to Greece from sicily,

robbers took his money

and threw him overboard.

Well, a dolphin who was

following the ship swam to him,

lifted him up and carried him

safely to shore.

You believe that, pa?

Well, I believe dolphins

are very special animals.

Animals?

Sure. A dolphin

isn't a fish.

They breathe air

and have eyelids

and have babies,

just like people.

The dolphin jumped

right out of the dinghy?

Like a bucking

bronco.

No, like a dolphin.

I was yelling,

"shark! Shark!"

[Knock on door]

Oh, hello, sid.

Would you like

a cup of...

What is it?

Porter, I thought

you ought to know.

He was your friend.

Nick velakis?

We found his boat,

but not his body,

and we searched

all day.

"He is not dead.

"He doth not sleep.

"He hath awakened

from the dream of life.

He has outsoared

the shadow of our night."

Unto almighty God,

we commend the soul

of Nick velakis,

who might not have

been of our faith,

but was in spirit

a brother to us all.

We commit his body

to the deep.

Amen.

Nick velakis was

killed by the sea,

but he wasn't

defeated by it.

His life and his living

came from it.

When the red tide came

and took the fish away,

he kept looking for

new places to find them

as food for all of us.

Nick, I'll keep

searching.

In there, young man.

Put it in there.

Oh, Porter,

knew I'd catch you

on the way back.

Sorry I couldn't attend,

but the living

come first.

Lou germain sent you

a wire from ocala.

He...Well,

read it yourself.

It's really to you.

Thanks, hettie.

Come, now,

a little bigger...

I wonder what's

on Lou's mind.

Sandy, my father's on

his way with my cousin.

Is he bringing

his new boat?

Uh-huh. We'll

all go fishing.

Ok.

Sandy, you've got

a lot of chores and

repair work at home.

Yes, sir. See you

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