Thread by @RCdeWinter

A fisherman took his boat far out to sea. He hooked a huge fish, and fought it for hours.
Unfortunately, as he wasn’t strapped into his seat, he was yanked overboard and began to drown.

Suddenly, he was rescued and brought back to his boat by a pair of dolphins.

Without thinking, the fisherman thanked them.

They replied, “You’re welcome!” fisherman said, “You can talk! This is amazing! Is there anything I can do to repay you for saving my life?”

Yes, indeed,” one of the dolphins replied. “We are magical dolphins. We are also immortal, as long as we consume a rare breed of seagull chick once every 500 years. As it so happens, our time of need is near.”

“We ask that you travel to the Island of Gulls and get a chick for each of us. There is but one tree on the island, and the nests are in that tree.”

The man followed the dolphins in his boat to the island, dropped anchor waded ashore.
He could see the tree from the beach, and began his trek through the underbrush toward it.
He froze in his tracks, however, when he saw the base of the tree was guarded by huge lions.

Fortunately, they were fast asleep. Being a man of his word, the fisherman tiptoed around the lions and climbed the tree.
He snatched two of the odd, blue-colored chicks and stuffed one in each coat pocket.

He climbed down, crept back past the lions, fought his way back through the bushes, and was just within sight of his boat when he was stopped by a uniformed policeman.

“You’re under arrest, sir. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will…”
“Hold up, officer!” The man interjected. “What are the charges? What crime could I possibly have committed?”

“Sir,” the officer replied, “you are under arrest for transporting young gulls across sedate lions for immortal porpoises.”