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Spirit, the dolphin leader with a striking yellow blaze that stretched along his flank, banged his tail in the water for silence. At once, the thirty dolphins milling in the sea stopped chattering and turned to face him. Spirit bowed his magnificent head.

“I’m going away on a very long journey. Star, my wife, will be in charge until I return.”

“Where are you going, Dad?” A small dolphin with a cheeky face asked the question on everyone’s mind.

Spirit smiled indulgently at his son, Bubbles.

“The Silver Dolphins are leaving us. I have to arrange for their talents to be put to good use elsewhere.”

As one, the dolphins clicked their surprise.

“Why do the Silver Dolphins have to leave?” asked Bubbles, his bright eyes suddenly anxious. “Will they come back again?”

“The Silver Dolphins have a very special journey to make, but yes, they will return.”

“But I don’t want them to go away.” Bubbles was upset and indignant.

Spirit gave him a reassuring smile. “We don’t own the Silver Dolphins and they don’t own us. All creatures should be free to do as they wish. Let someone go and one day they will return. Keep them against their will and they will always hold it against you.”

The dolphins were silent as they digested Spirit’s wise words. Then Bubbles squeaked, “The Silver Dolphins must go on their journey. Tell them I said that, Dad, so they’ll come back to me.”

There were loud clicks of laughter. Affectionately, Spirit patted Bubbles’s head with a flipper.

“You can tell them yourself,” he answered. “Before I go I have a small job for the Silver Dolphins. Hush now and let me call them.”