Ahoy there, school of fish,
who may you be?
“We are not fish, we are children.
We don’t belong in the sea.”

Then how are you swimming beside me 
as if you are under the water?
“We aren’t swimming, we’re walking.
We’re dry while you’re getting wetter.”

Walking you say. I heard that a fish
tried something like that,
before my time.

“Yes, we learnt that at school. 
Our teacher said 
fish became mammals 
on leaving the sea behind.”

That means we’re related 
and you’re just like me!
“Yes, Mr Whale, we are just like you
because we all came from the sea.”

Mr Whale Says Hello by Bill Mallard

Artwork: AQUARIUM by Kaushani Mufti