all the time necessary to listen and to ask, so he repeated. The Squid was surprised and it is each time added to the end of the repeated words of one and the same phrase: – “That there is incomprehensible?”.
– A – a – a – a! List! – joyfully exclaimed an elderly customer, the list there, where is it in me? – grandfather adjusted his glasses, frowned his lush gray eyebrows, ruffled his lush gray mustache and began to look in his bag for a shopping list, – here it is, please, hold it!
– So with it, let’s see… Yeah, so have you all right. And a salad of seaweed and a piece of lettuce in the list.
– Will you serve two salads to the table?
– Yes, yes – confirmed the whale, – Grandma Turtle will come to visit today. So here it is, she loves, when the salad I do myself. If you know, it is a terrific salad on a secret recipe. And it is better I love yours from the shop. We will look at old photos, listen to old records…
Grandfather Whale closed his eyes and surrendered to the recollections of his youth. In his head it was sounded the music of past years, and he did not even notice, as the seller is retired, to gather in the basket all the products from the list, and continued to talk to the Squid:
– What was the music? Now this, and do not hear, some boom-boom-boom and bang-bang-bang… And that’s before!
One only Barry ClawKnocker, remember him? What about Sally Ringin Mustache? Walrus, which played on the mustache such beautiful melodies, which have all flowing tears! Remember? – the old man opened his eyes and saw, that the seller is not. – Brother Squid! Where are you? The whale began to worry.
– Here I am, in the back room, do not hear anything, what are you muttering there?
– I say, do you remember Barry ClawKnocker? – shouted Grandpa Whale, hoping, that at this time the seller will hear him, that he got up his claws, it’s just fly away!
– What are you so crying, my dear? – I heard behind Grandpa – I’m in fact not deaf. And with such cries, accurately can become deaf! – muttered Brother Squid, appearing out of nowhere. Grandfather Whale wanted to say, that specifically spoke loudly, so that it was heard from the back room, but was afraid, that the squid again somewhere – something slip and did not hear it. Therefore, he stopped and simply waited, while the seller will bring him a basket.
– Thank you, Brother Squid! – thanked the seller’s grandfather, when he handed him the basket with food. On the road home, he again immersed himself in his memories, and have not heard, as the owner of shop said, that can deliver products at home, and how the seller said good-bye to him. In his head again sounded melodies Barry ClawKnocker and Sally Sally RinginMustache.
Grandfather Whale has already crossed half way to his house, as he suddenly heard behind itself some – strange sound. “It looks that my friends bully approach” – thought the grandfather. “With a shout, with the noise, with laugh, again, these loafers will twist, circling and at me again begin to spin head. I’ll get confused again. We must quickly get to the house! – the whale continued and swam a little faster.
And indeed, ended the last lesson and all the kids, noisy crowd, as if of an upturned jars with colored stones, spilled out of the school, located not far from the shop of Brother Squid. And, like always, faster than all sailed home my friends – bullies. Tumbling and laughing, they pushed each other in the back and slapped their fins in the belly. In this leapfrog, they came close to Grandfather Whale and began to swim around him. They were so carried away by their game and did not even notice that they were swimming around a huge whale.
– Ah you, loafers! Oh you, rascals! – outraged the old giant, swinging a bag with food and well!
– Sorry, grandpa! – shouted brothers – bullies, made a couple more laps and merrily swam away, laughing and tumbling.
Wow! – said Grandpa Whale – even his head was spinning from these dolphins. Sit on the bench. The old man sat on bench and looking upward, through the clear water. There, at the top of a bright shining sun, in shining rays, which sparkled in the water all the colors of the rainbow, cast a bright glare and reflected in the shells. Grandpa Whale, looking at this beauty, calmed down, he even managed to relax. He is widely smiled, sweetly – sweetly yawned, yes so and fell asleep on a bench.
I slept through it, of course the same, long. He was awakened by a flock of fish, which were also returning from school. Among them was and a baby Spark of family fish – clowns.
Seeing a whale sleeping on a bench, Spark became worried.
– Grandpa, with you all well? – asked the fish-clown, – have you all in order?
– Oh, What? – Grandpa woke up, – oh, it’s you, my little friend! Yes, it’s okay. I just decided to rest a little and fell asleep here on the bench. I was just swimming. Oh! Where have I floated?
And the grandfather said, as the brothers – dolphins floated past and started quickly – quickly rush around him, loud laughing, lifting vortices bubbles. And then the whale’s head started spinning, he sat down on the bench and again forgot where he was swimming.
– If you sailed far, – I began to speculate Spark means, you sailed from then… you remember, where you arrived here?
– Uh – uh – uh… – the old man thought, – no, I can’t remember. I can’t at all! – Grandpa Whale whispered, his big head dropped and he began to cry.
– Oh, my head! Why is all the time, all I forget?
– Do not worry so, today you help in all understand, – said the baby and began to think. Then he noticed a blue bag in the fin of an old whale. – And why did you have a bag? – Spark asked. – I don’t remember.
– What ‘s in it?
– I don’t know.
– And you look, may, we find in this bag a hint?
– Yes, that there is… nothing unusual. Here the leaves for salad, here’s a salad of seaweed, that’s biscuits and sweets. Even the list of purchases, juice and all, more than anything.
– And where have you all it took? – Spark continued his little investigation.
– Where, where, in the store of Brother Squid, which is more!
– So, you were out of the store, right?
– Right! All Right! – Grandpa Whale smiled, – I remember! I also went to the store for food! But where was I going to go then?
– And why do you weed for a salad? – Asked the kid, which is already about all guessed, but like, to a great whale himself remembered everything, that planned this day.
– Well, that strange question? – the old man was surprised, – to make a salad out of them!
– So have you bought more salad for, then why did you do even? – the little clown did not stop. He barely restrained smile, because it knew, that my grandfather’s – that’s recall.
– So I bought a salad for myself, and seaweed for Grandma Turtle, she loves it when I myself prepare a salad according to an old and very secret recipe… And then the whale dawned on:
– Well, of course the same! I swam to the store, and now I am returning home, because I have to cook a treat for Granny Turtle! She’s coming to visit today! – Grandpa is slightly smiled, then the smile became wider, even wider, and then the whale laughed, but so loudly and strongly, that just is not swallowed his little friend! – Oh – oh – oh! Take it easy, grandpa! – screamed Spark – That way you will have gobbled up and notice!
– Forgive