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The giant squid.
"Kaikoura is New Zealand's most beautiful island",Jim said to the latest group of tourists. "You can often see whales here,too,swimming near the shore". Jim was a fisherman,but during the summer he gave guided tours of the island. He used to tell the tourists exciting stories about a sea monster which lived off the coast of New Zealand. Of course,he had never seen it himself and didn't really believe it existed. Still,tourists enjoyed the story,and Jim hoped this would help to improve business.
Leaving the tourists on the beach to take some photographs and have lunch,Jim set off to do some fishing on his own for an hour. He stopped at his favourite quiet spot on the other side of the island and prepared his fishing rod. He was happy to be alone for a while.
He had just cast his fishing line into the water when the boat began rocking from side to side. Jim was surprised,then frightened. Suddenly,giant tentacles curled around the sides of the boat and lifted it out of the water. "Help! A giant squid! Somebody help me!" Jim started screaming,but there was no one around.
Suddenly,a school of whales appeared in the distance. The squid let go of the boat and quickly disappeared. Jim couldn't believe what had happened. He looked at the water,then quickly started the boat engine.
When he reached the beach,he told the tourists what had happened. Everybody started laughing,expcept for a middle aged woman. "You've just met Architeuthis,the giant squid!" she said. She explained that she was a scientist who had spent most of her life in search of this squid. She was waiting for her colleagues to arrive. "Did you take any photographs?" she asked excitedly. "Of course not!" said Jim. "Who would take pictures at a time like that? I'm just glad I'm alive to tell story".
The team pf scientist searched for the giant squid for two months,but they found nothing. In the end,the only one who had beneficted from this was Jim. His guided became the most popular attraction on the island.
