For the third year in a row, Babel is presenting a show for the whole family this December. A group of fifteen actors and musicians will perform a story pulled straight from current events.

The title role is played by a marine mammal (yes, read that word again). This marine mammal has lost its way and ended up stranded high and dry on a sandbank.

The good news is that the poor creature is going to be rescued. Or is that the bad news? Either way, it’s incredibly pitiful (even if some people might say otherwise). We ought to blush—after all, who isn’t an animal lover?