[Mb-hair] FW: THE WHALE

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>Subject: The Whale
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>Subject: THE WHALE
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>The Whale
>If you read the front page story of the SF Chronicle,
>you would have read about a female humpback whale
>who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps
>and lines.
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>She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused
>her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of
>line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line
>tugging in her mouth.
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>A fisherman spotted her just east of the FarraloneIslands
>(outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help.
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>Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was
>  so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her ...
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>a very dangerous proposition.
>One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer.
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>They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.
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>When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous 
>circles.
>She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them,
>pushed gently around-she thanked them. Some said it was the most incredibly 
>beautiful experience of their lives.
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>The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye was
>following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.
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>May you, and all those you love,
>be so blessed and fortunate ...
>to be surrounded by people
>who will help you get untangled
>from the things that are binding you.
>And, may you always know the joy
>of giving and receiving gratitude.
>
>I pass this on to you, my friend, in the same spirit.