The Storm Seal

The weather was wild and stormy. The waves heaved and hurled, and in the exploding night, pressed against the rocks, a tiny seal pup lay, barely breathing. The morning after the storm, old Peter found the tiny seal. Gently, he wrapped it in his sweater. At home, he fed the pup from a bottle until it grew from a baby into a young seal. The seal was popular with the local children — but old Peter had a warning for them, and a decision to make.