Chapter 121 116．Ahab's Lament to the Sperm Whale

The encounter with the "Bachelor" brought Captain Ahab some unpleasantness, or sadness, or anxiety. In short, Captain Ahab felt a little downcast, but this stimulated his purpose even more. For a while, the people on the "Pequode" did not dare to show their air. However, many old sayings are well spoken, but not very good. We spotted the Whales just the day after our ship met the Bachelor. After some fighting, we got four of them. What is more noteworthy is that one of them was hit by Captain Ahab. When a bloody battle ended, it was already evening. The whale sank together with the sun, and there was a sad and melancholy atmosphere in the beautiful sky and the beautiful sea.

Captain Ahab was sitting on his small boat, while slowly paddling backwards away from the big whale he had hit, while watching the big whale making its final struggle on the sea surface with concentration. Regardless, it's a sentimental scene. For such a huge animal, its death is far more soul-stirring than that of a small animal. He was thinking about a strange phenomenon. This phenomenon comes from dying sperm whales. This is the case with every dying sock whale. It turns its head to the sun for a while, and then dies slowly. This is a strange phenomenon that no one can explain clearly.

This was the scene Captain Ahab was looking at now. Although he had seen it many times before, in today's dusk, there seemed to be many more incredible things. Maybe it's a special feeling for a particular occasion. "Turn its head to the sun, turn it, and see how slowly it turns, but how steadily it turns." "At the end of its life, why did it turn toward the sun?" Captain Ahab had thought of this question many times, and now he thought of it again. "Looking at its pious and faithful appearance, it is clearly pouring out its heart to the sun at the last moment of its life, clearly expressing its belief in the sun."

"Did it originally believe in fire? Yes, only after you see this scene will you understand that it is the most loyal subject of the sun, and it believes in the sun more than any of us." "When you look at the boundless sea, you will find yourself so small and weightless." "You can't hear the sea's answer to itself, but it accommodates everything with its fair and broad mind, including the dead life, just like the big whale just spinning around." "O Whale, why are you so faithful to the sun, even when you are dying?" "Even at the end of my life, I never gave up on my pursuit. You really make me feel admirable for you!"

"But, Whale, don't you see it?" "Your revered sun has set!" "Its brilliance is almost gone!" "It simply can't save your vigorous life." "This loyal but simple whale, let me send you to the end of your life!" "Not only you, but soon there will be one of the best of you, perhaps you all know it, and that is: Moby Dick." "Is it the king among you?" "Do you admire it?" "We're going to chase it to the end of the sky until it gets to where you're going now." "Do you believe it?"

"Let's give it away once!"