The reason for their sadness
The air bubbles moved the animal upward and pushed it forward because they made the Whale buoyant. Mateo understood that this could explain some of his questions, but what still bothered him was that the fishermen all seemed to know what was happening. “Why were you all this sad when you discovered what it was?” Mateo asked. The captain said that it wasn’t the fact that it died. They were sad because of how it died…
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