Terror of the Fjords

Sven was a fisherman all his life. When he went out on his first trip as a boy, his father told him that on the trip home, it was customary and necessary to throw ten percent of the catch overboard to appease the sea serpent that prowled the fjords. "A full monster is a content monster" his father had said. For fifty years, Sven honored this tradition but he began to have his doubts. He had never seen any sign of a giant lurking in the waves. He began to believe all the stories were just that-stories. Times were tough and he began to question the wisdom of throwing part of his hard won catch overboard. One morning, he told his wife that today he would be coming home with ALL of his catch for once. He and his boat were lost at sea, never to be heard from again.
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