Jaime's magical adventures

Dolphins

Jaime was excited at this new world, every night he could go to different exotic locations, become exotic animals and do such wonderful things.

One day in the summer he went sailing with his Dad, it was a lovely summer day and he was admiring the sea animals when he saw a Dolphin swimming past.

The friendly Mammal squawked as he swam past the small boat and Jaime thought whimsically " I wish I were a Dolphin,"

He admired the grace and beauty of the exotic creature and wondered how it would feel like to have such beauty around him.

That night as he went over his day he thought of the Dolphin with its beauty and grace. It was his favorite sea animal and so he whispered the magical words

"I wish I were a Dolphin" then off he was to bed dreaming of the ocean.

He drifted off to sleep and suddenly he woke up and he was gliding effortlessly through the cool waters of the lovely blue ocean.

With joy he swam against the strong currents and through some seaweeds. He dove deep into the ocean and saw a school of fish gliding past him.

The water felt so cool and silky against his skin, then suddenly out of nowhere he swam into a huge net and became entangled in its webbing the more he tried to get free the more entangled he became. Though he tried to swim away quickly he was unable to escape the fisherman's huge net.

"Bring it up" He heard a Man yell and the huge net was hauled out of the ocean with a school of fish.

A Small man with a weathered face peered deep into the net and Jaime fearfully saw that he was on a fishing vessel. The Man peered into the net and yelled

" Look, I caught a Dolphin"

" Can we keep him?" He asked hopefully.

" Well he is a Dolphin," A taller Man standing behind him replied " And we don't eat Dolphins"

At these words Jaime breathed a sign of relief.

" Yea but we can sell him to the aquarium " The first man implored

" They would pay good money for him"

" Okay I guess we could do that," The second Man agreed.

The First man grinned and dumped the net into a big tub of water.

The fishing boat was turned and soon they reached land, Jaime was transported via a truck to a new location and handed over to some people.

They transferred him to their huge aquarium and left him there.

Jaime didn't like the aquarium it was dark, cold and too quiet.

He swam around for a bit not happy at the turn of events and then noticed that there was another dolphin in the aquarium too.

"Hi my name is Jaime" He squawked with his dolphin voice.

The sad looking mammal glanced at him and squawked in return

"Hi, am Lacy" She said then turned her head.

"Are you alright Lacy?" He asked as he swam over to her.

"My fin hurts" She replied and looked at her dorsal fin. Jaime glanced at the fin in question and saw that it looked red and inflamed.

He wondered how he could help the sad Dolphin so he swam closer to her and tried to comfort her. He stayed close to her but after the exciting day he had he was tired so he dozed off.

The next morning he woke up in his own bed and thought of the sick Dolphin and how he could help her feel better. That day he asked his Mother to take him to the aquarium and she agreed.

When they got to the aquarium he rushed over to the huge tank with the Dolphin swimming inside. The Dolphin who he had occupied its body the night before was swimming around close to Lacy while Lacy was still lying down at the bottom of the tank

"Mom, I think she is hurt" Jaime said pointing at the Dolphin.

"Why do you think so?" His mother asked curiously.

"Because she is not swimming," He replied rationally.

"Well, she might be tired " She countered.

"She is hurt mom" He insisted.

Jaime's Mom was concerned at his insistence so she stepped forward to take a closer look at the sick dolphin and called an attendant over and told her what Jaime had said.

The attendant said they'd have their veterinarian check the dolphin and Jaime left the aquarium with his mom.

The next day Jaime asked to go to the aquarium again after school to check up on the Dolphin and they did.

Lacy was swimming around happily with the second Dolphin and Jaime watched them as they nudged each other playfully. When Jaime went right up to the tank for a closer look at them she swam up to him and nudged the glass in gratitude.