Once upon a time, somewhere miles and miles beneath the surface of the ocean, there lived a young octopus. It spent most of time alone making strange creations out of rocks and shells. And it was very happy. But then on Monday a shark showed up “Do you want to be my friend? The shark asked. “OK, What do I have to do? said octopus. “Not much, said the shark. “Just let me eat one of your arms. The octopus had never had a friend before, so it wondered if this was what you had to do to get one. It looked down at eight arms and decided it wouldnt be so bad to give up one. So it donated an arm to its wonderful new friend. Every day that week, the octopus and the shark would play together. They explored caves, built castles of sand, and swam really, really fast. And every night the shark would be hungry, and the octopus would give another one arms to eat. On Sunday, after playing all day, the shark told the octopus “I am hungry”. “I dont understand, octopus said. “Ive already given you six of my arms, and now you want one more? The shark looked at the octopus with a friendly smile and said, I dont want one. This time I want them all. But, why? The octopus asked. And the shark replied, Because thats what friends are for. When the shark finished its meal, it felt very sad and lonely. The shark missed having someone to explore caves, build castles, and swim really, really fast with. The shark missed the octopus very much. So it swam away to find another friend.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 14:18:12 +0000
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