Whale Comedian
By (Author) Martin Nelson Burton
Illustrated by Charles Jordan
London Town Press
London Town Press
30th June 1999
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Hardback
32
Width 203mm, Height 254mm
164g
Serious-looking little Finston would do anything to make a whale happy, and its easy to see why: whales show their appreciation not by laughing, but by spitting water at the comedian. Finston, however, soon learns he has a very dry sense of humor. After disappointing shows on the high seas, he takes his act to marine aquariums, and finds an even tougher crowd. When he finally realizes that what whales really like are silly faces and goofy dances, he winds up getting doused.
"Burton has given his imagination some serious leeway [in this] story for