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A fisherman’s wife gives birth to a healthy set of twins.
After some time, they notice that one boy always faces toward the ocean and the other always faces away.
Even if the parents were to turn them, they would always reposition themselves.
So, the name the boys ‘Toward’ and ‘Away’ respectively.
On the twins’ tenth birthday, the fisherman decided to take them on a fishing trip.
He told his wife that they would be back in a week.
A week passes, then a month, then two…
Three months pass with no word from them, and the wife begins to lose hope.
However, one day, she saw two figures approaching from the horizon, dragging the biggest fish she’d ever seen.
She runs to her husband and child and says, “Wow! That fish is gigantic!”
The fisherman says, “Well, it’s actually a funny story… “
“We spent a week at sea, with no luck.”
“However, on the last day, this beast jumped up on the deck and ate ‘Toward’ whole!”
“For three months I fought the fish, until eventually I was able to defeat it and cut ‘Toward’ free!”
“That’s amazing!”, the wife says looking to her son, “but where’s your brother?”
The fisherman interrupts and says, “Well, if you think this fish is big… “
“you should have seen the one that got ‘Away’!”