Then we collect the food with our tongue , and swallow it ; for , though we are so big , our throats are small . We roam about in the ocean , leaping and floating , feeding and spouting , flying from our enemies , or fighting bravely to defend our young ones . '' `` Have you got any enemies ? I should n't think you could have , you are so large , '' said Freddy . `` But we have , and many too , -- three who attack us in the water , and several more that men use against us . The killer , the sword-fish , and the thrasher trouble us at home . The killer fastens to us , and wo n't be shaken off till he has worried us to death ; the sword-fish stabs us with his sword ; and the thrasher whips us to death with his own slender , but strong and heavy body . Then , men harpoon us , shoot or entrap us ; and make us into oil and candles and seats , and stiffening for gowns and umbrellas , '' said the bone , in a tone of scorn . Freddy laughed at the idea , and asked , `` How about candles ? I know about oil and seats and umbrellas ; but I thought candles were made of wax . '' `` I ca n't say much on that point : I only know that , when a sperm whale is killed , they make oil out of the fat part as they do of ours ; but the Sperms have a sort of cistern in their heads , full of stuff like cream , and rose-colored . They cut a hole in the skull , and dip it out ; and sometimes get sixteen or twenty barrels . This is made into what you call spermaceti candles . We do n't have any such nonsense about us ; but the Sperms always were a light-headed set . '' Here the bone laughed , in a cracked sort of roar , which sent Freddy flying off the seat on to the grass , where he stayed , laughing also , though he did n't see any joke . `` I beg your pardon , child . It is n't often that I laugh ; for I 've a heavy heart somewhere , and have known trouble enough to make me as sad as the sea is sometimes . '' `` Tell me about your troubles ; I pity you very much , and like to hear you talk , '' said Freddy , kindly . `` Unfortunately we are very easily killed , in spite of our size ; and have various afflictions besides death . We grow blind ; our jaws are deformed sometimes ; our tails , with which we swim , get hurt ; and we have dyspepsia . ''
Freddy shouted at that ; for he knew what XXXXX was , because at the sea-side there were many sickly people who were always groaning about that disease .
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