点评:When I was seven years old, I was given a wonderful Donald Duck special edition by Carl Barks for Christmas. In the story “A,Whale of a Whale”, Donald tries to catch sperm whales in a bay in order to earn money with them as an attraction. As usual, however, serious trouble soon threatens him and the project fails miserably.
As a child, I was so fascinated by the size, the body shape, especially the shape of the head with the small mouth, that at first I didn't believe these animals really existed. But my father enlightened me, and from then on it had always been my dream to see at least one of these wonderful and strange animals in reality.
When I was just over thirty, the time had finally come and I was able to observe some specimens in the open sea from the coast of South Africa. But of course I didn't see much more than a dark shiny back, a dorsal fin or a fluke from a distance.
Last year, I heard about the sperm whales around Mauritius by chance from a friend. And it soon became clear to me: I have to go there.
And then, through Bart and Adrien, what I had only dreamed of for over fifty years, but had never thought was really possible, came true: I really did see sperm whales, at close range, in the vast ocean in the water, in full size and beauty, swimming peacefully and majestically past me like an ocean liner, and diving into the infinite depths, and me very small like a piece of plankton next to them ...
Now, at almost exactly sixty, a dream that was actually considered unreal came true.
It began with a Donald Duck story and ended with one of the most impressive experiences of my life.
Thanks to Bart and Adrien.
翻译:我七岁那年,卡尔·巴克斯送给我一本精彩的唐老鸭特别版圣诞礼物。在《鲸鱼中的鲸鱼》的故事里,唐老鸭试图在海湾捕捉抹香鲸,以此作为吸引游客的手段赚钱。然而,一如既往,严重的麻烦很快降临到他头上,他的计划惨遭失败。
小时候,我对抹香鲸的大小、体型,尤其是它那小巧的头部形状,都深深着迷,以至于起初我根本不相信这些动物真的存在。但父亲启发了我,从那时起,我一直梦想着至少亲眼目睹一只这些奇妙而奇特的动物。
我刚过三十岁,终于有机会在南非海岸的公海观察一些抹香鲸标本了。当然,我除了远远地望去,只看到了一个乌黑发亮的背脊、一个背鳍或一条尾鳍之外,什么也没看到。
去年,我偶然从朋友那里听说了毛里求斯周围的抹香鲸。很快我就明白了:我一定要去那里。
后来,通过巴特和阿德里安,我五十多年来一直梦想着,却从未想过真的能实现的事情,终于成真了:我真的近距离地看到了抹香鲸,在浩瀚的海水中,它们体型庞大,美不胜收,像远洋客轮一样平静而庄严地从我身边游过,潜入无尽的深海,而我在它们身边显得渺小得像一小块浮游生物……
如今,我快六十岁了,一个曾经被认为不切实际的梦想终于实现了。
它始于唐老鸭的故事,却以我人生中最难忘的经历之一结束。
感谢巴特和阿德里安。