A long time ago, a solitary whale lived in the immense sea. This one was pink and smaller than the others. Because she was different, the other whales didn’t like being with her. Her grandmother always told her that being different made her unique and that, in the future, would make her shine in the immense sea.
But the little pink whale wanted to know what was beyond. She dreamed of telling the stories she learned of the people she talked to, the stories that her grandmother’s friends told her, the ones that she heard in the streams.
When she got older, she told her mother and grandmother she would swim further away to another sea. They doubted the pink whale; they didn’t want her to go. She was still very small, but they decided to let her discover her true self. The whale swam and swam without looking back because she knew she would want to return. However, she had a bigger goal: to tell stories. Not much time passed, and the whale felt alone and sad; she had no one, and the sea was infinite! There was no end. All the other animals in the sea were large and different; she was utterly invisible. She missed her grandmother but knew she had to be strong and shine like her grandmother had always told her. For a long time, the whale roamed the sea alone. She tried to talk to the other sea creatures, but they ignored her. However, the pink whale would not give up so easily. She kept talking to them until the people slowly began to answer, and they started to smile at her.
But although the pink whale adapted to this side of the sea, she still was not fulfilling her dream! She asked and asked until someone guided her to a cave. They told her that in this cave, people gathered to tell stories. The whale approached nervously; what if they didn’t like her stories? What would happen if they didn’t want her because she was pink? With a lot of nerves, she entered the cave and found whales of many colors. They were all different, with patterns of all colors, big and small. They shone with their own light, as Grandma had always said.
The Pink Whale was no longer alone; she knew she would shine brighter with many more people around.
