內容簡介
內容簡介 小男孩Noi和爸爸還有6隻貓住在海邊。漁夫爸爸透早就出門，要到很晚很晚才回家。某個狂方暴雨的夜過後，海邊擱淺了一隻小鯨魚，Noi幫牠沖水，使勁地把牠拖回家，放進浴缸，為了安撫鯨魚，還說故事給牠聽。怕爸爸生氣，Noi絕口不提小鯨魚的事，趁爸爸飯後打盹，偷渡一些食物給小鯨魚吃，不料，卻被發現了！！但是爸爸沒有生氣，爸爸驚覺是自己太忙，讓Noi太寂寞了，於是爸爸和Noi一起把小鯨魚送回家。現在，爸爸會花時間和Noi爬山、野餐。望著大海，Noi心裡時常想起這隻讓父子更親密的小鯨魚！Noi and his father live in a house by the sea, hisfather works hard as a fisherman and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care for it. He tries to keep his new friend a secret, but but there's only so long you can keep a whale in the bath without your dad finding out. Noi is eventually persuaded that the whale has to go back to the sea where it belongs. For Noi, even though he can't keep it, the arrival of the whale changes his life for the better - the perfect gift from one friend to another. Winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prizein association with the Evening Standard."
