The Monster

   

One morning at 4:00, the six men saw something huge under the sea that glowed slightly and they wondered what it was.  They couldn't guess, but the incident that occurred a few days later may have given them the answer.
   They were lunging about on deck when one of the guys looked overboard and staring right back at him was one of the ugliest faces he had ever seen!
   The body of the thing was of a dark blueish color and it had white spots all over it.  The face looked something like the face of a bull dog and was very ugly with rows upon rows of razor sharp teeth.  It was fifty feet long and its dorsal fin stuck up out of the water like a knife.
   It looked so funny and placid that the men all laughed at it even though it could easily have killed them all.  The monster swam lazily around them and under them slowly and carefully and the men made fun of it.  Finally one of the men harpooned it and the animal dove under the water.  The rope that was connected to the harpoon snapped like a toothpick and the monster was never seen again.