works by william pham, 2005-present
100x450 - 26 - the history of last night's calamari
Once upon a time, there was a baby squid and a mother squid.
The baby squid says, "I hate it here! I hate being afraid of the killer whales and I hate eating shrimp every day. I'm swimming away and you can't stop me!"
The mother squid replies, "I will protect you from the killer whales. I will bring you the most delicious fish from the deepest oceans. And if you swim away I will swim after you, because you are my child."
The baby squid felt better, but then they were both caught by fishermen and made into calamari.
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