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Out at sea thirty dolphins waited anxiously for their leader to arrive. Some of them whispered together in low whistles and clicks. Others stayed silent, scanning the horizon with bright eyes. One little dolphin couldn’t keep still. He rolled in the water, butting his sister with his silver head, calling for her to play with him.

“Mum,” squeaked Dream crossly. “Bubbles is annoying me.”

“Hush now,” their mother clicked back. “Your father’s coming.”

Bubbles stopped teasing his big sister.

“I see him,” he whistled, his tail smacking the water excitedly. “Can I go and meet him, Mum?”

“No, darling. You must wait here with everyone else.”

Bubbles bobbed in the water, clicking impatiently, until the large dolphin with a striking yellow blaze along his side drew nearer, then he too fell silent. Spirit, the large dolphin, halted a tail’s length in front of the pod and slowly bowed his magnificent head.

“Our search is over,” he announced. “At last we have found a new Silver Dolphin.”

An excited whistle rippled from the pod through the water.

“Our new Silver Dolphin is young,” Spirit continued. “She has much to learn, but she is a very special child and I know she will serve us well. Be kind to her. Help her to fulfil her tasks and in return she will help us.”

“When will we meet her?” squeaked Bubbles, the words bursting from his mouth before he could stop them.

Spirit smiled.

“Soon,” he whistled. “Very soon.”