The Lover Of The Coral Glades

The Lover of the Coral GladesHe was two hundred years old and lately he had begun to feel his age. There'd been twinges, if you know what I mean.Shushu, they called him in the Solomon Islands, probably from the sound he made when diving, for they knew him well by sight. There was no mistaking that stump which was once a very fine tail fin.Ah, well, if the God who made the Great Waters was about to take him, there was nothing unworthy of a sperm whale in yielding to the One Being mightier than hi...