Dolphins Don’t Belong Here, Do They?

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(Tina and her husband, Ben, are at Happy Ocean Park.)

Wow! I really enjoyed watching that lovely dolphin show.

Those dolphins did great tricks.

I felt so sorry for them.

Why did they have to do those tricks?

What do you mean?

It’s great fun to watch the dolphin show, isn’t it?

Yes. But... they don’t belong here, do they?

Maybe not. But without them, this park will be boring.

In my view, it’s still not right to make them do tricks.

Maybe you are right.

But we won’t be able to watch them closely or touch them on the nose if we send them back to nature.

Now, why don’t we think this way?

Do you want people to touch your nose every day?

I think not.

Do you want to do the same tricks over and over again?

Of course not! But....

See? We should be kind to these dolphins because they are part of nature just like us.