"! Ah So this is!" Almost everyone sees the outcome, there is this suddenly wonder: A migratory birds flying in the sky, Shouted "whale"! However, the village people took great pains, are not found in the lake. They began to complain about migratory birds deceived them. However, migratory birds flew up into the sky with a child. The original shape of the village side of the lake like whales. And a people broken water pipes spray up just as water like whale erupted, the original migratory birds also did not lie.
“啊!原来是这样!”几乎每个人看到结局,都有这种恍然大悟的惊叹:一只候鸟飞在天上,大喊着“鲸鱼”!可是,村子里的人们找来找去,都没有在湖里找到,他们开始抱怨候鸟欺骗了他们,可是,一个小孩子被候鸟带着飞上了天空,原来,村边的湖的形状跟鲸鱼一样,而一户人家坏了的水管喷上来的水正象是鲸鱼喷出来的水,原来候鸟也并没有骗人。其实有的时候,表面看到的东西不一定就是事实,而在你眼里是事实的事别人也不一定认同。什么才是真正的真相?一个看似简单的故事留给读者的是无穷的回味。
日本作为动漫大国和绘本大国,其图画书总是充满视觉趣味。日本著名童书绘本作家五味太郎的重要作品《鲸鱼》中,以鲸鱼的形状、轮廓和颜色来发展故事的架构和旨趣,强调了图画的元素,也突显图画书的特质。阅读这本书,读者不得不通过看图来结合文字叙述,才会感受并明白它的趣味和诉求,而这个特点也使得该书别具阅读趣味和价值。