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The Whale

Read this to me. Do you have a phone?My phone's dead, I need to... - Please just read it!-...

Read this to me. Do you have a phone?My phone's dead, I need to... - Please just read it!- Okay! Okay. "In the amazing book, Moby Dick,by the author, Herman Melville, the author recounts his storyof being at sea. In the first part of his book,the author, calling himself Ishmael, is in a small seaside town, and he is sharing a bedwith a man named Queequeg." What is this? Why am I reading this? - I-I need to...- Just read any of it! "And I felt saddest of allwhen I read the boring chapters that were only descriptions of whales, because I knew that the authorwas just trying to save us from his own sad story... - Sad story.-...just for a little while." Just for a little while. "This book made me think about my own lifeand then it made me feel glad for my..." Did that help? Look, do you have a phone?My phone is dead. I need to call an ambulance. - You need help.- I don't go to hospitals. - I can't help you, I don't...- I don't go to hospitals. I am sorry, um... You can go. Thank you for reading that to me

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Read this to me
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Do you have a phone My phone's dead I need to
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Please just read it Okay
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Okay
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In the amazing book Moby Dick by the author Herman Melville
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the author recounts his story of being at sea
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In the first part of his book the author calling himself Ishmael
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is in a small seaside town
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and he is sharing a bed with a man named Queequeg
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What is this Why am I reading this
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I I need to Just read any of it
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And I felt saddest of all when I read the boring chapters
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that were only descriptions of whales
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because I knew that the author was just trying to save us
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from his own sad story
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Sad story just for a little while
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Just for a little while
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This book made me think about my own life and then it made me feel glad for my
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Did that help
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Look do you have a phone My phone is dead
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I need to call an ambulance
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You need help I don't go to hospitals
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I can't help you I don't I don't go to hospitals
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I am sorry um You can go
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Thank you for reading that to me
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Duration
61 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:03:18
Uploaded
Mar 10, 2026
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Movie Summary

A reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.