Story of the Day: The Whale
The sands had a golden sheen to them, and though Myndil and Aodhgan were still far from the southern shore, the aurulent shimmer coruscating over the southern shore charmed their view. The barm swaffed over the beach, painting the coastline in undulating shapes, the cockles and clams writhing under the reach of the receding waves. A stream of sea spray plumed up from the waves, and a baleen whale suddenly surfaced, greeting them from afar with a sshuuffff ! “Oh, hallo, whale!” Myndil cried, waving at the whale. “My, how amazingly big it is! I have never seen a whale like that before. All the whales in the north look quite different. I didn’t think there would be any creature larger than your wolf this far south, but that whale is really-- yes, halloooo!” flapping frantically. The whale did not wave back, but it flicked its tail as it breached the squall, which was like saying hello, and Myndil was happy about it. It made another sharp blow be