Пятнадцатилетний капитан

A Whale in Sight

           

           "Ah!myboy,"repliedCaptainHull,"littlegrainsofvermicelli,offlour,offeculapowder,dotheynotmakeverygoodporridge?Yes;andnaturehaswilledthatitshouldbeso.Whenawhalefloatsinthemidstoftheseredwaters,itssoupisserved;ithasonlytoopenitsimmensemouth.Myriadsofcrustaceansenterit.Thenumerousplatesofthosewhaleboneswithwhichtheanimal’spalateisfurnishedservetostrainlikefishermen’snets;nothingcangetoutofthemagain,andthemassofcrustaceansisingulfedinthewhale’svaststomach,asthesoupofyourdinnerinyours."

           "Youthinkright,Jack,"observedDickSand,"thatMadamWhaledoesnotlosetimeinpickingthesecrustaceansonebyone,asyoupickshrimps."

           "Imayadd,"saidCaptainHull,"thatitisjustwhentheenormousgourmandisoccupiedinthisway,thatitiseasiesttoapproachitwithoutexcitingitssuspicion.Thatisthefavorablemomenttoharpoonitwithsomesuccess."

           Atthatinstant,andasiftocorroborateCaptainHull,asailor’svoicewasheardfromthefrontoftheship:

           "Awhaletolarboard!"

           CaptainHullstrodeup.

           "Awhale!"criedhe.

           Andhisfisherman’sinstincturginghim,hehastenedtothe"Pilgrim’s"forecastle.

           Mrs.Weldon,Jack,DickSand,CousinBenedicthimself,followedhimatonce.

           Infact,fourmilestowindwardacertainbubblingindicatedthatahugemarinemammiferwasmovinginthemidstoftheredwaters.Whalerscouldnotbemistakeninit.

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