The seas and oceans are beautiful, but more endangered than ever because of various types of pollution. 

Write a complete short script extract from the perspective of a seal saying final goodbyes to a loved one.
 
Stick to the following format.

1. Use stage directions sparsely, apart from the ending where they will provide the ending.
2. The characters of the seals are to be called A and B.
3. Personify the seals with human dialogue and do not reveal their identity until the end.
4. Choose a type of environmental problem/ pollution to be a significant factor in saying goodbyes.

A:	I don't think I'll make it this time...

B:	Of course, you will... We're a team.

A:	We are, aren't we? 

B:	You've got to hang in there...	

A:	For what? You know this is terminal...

B:	I want to help you.

A:	You can't.

B:	But...

A:	No buts... Look at me. That's right...  I'm past help. 

B:	I can't listen to you talk like this. We've been together since the beginning of time. I only know you. I only love you. We have everything to live for.

A:	And you're right in everything you've said. But you need to face the truth, however hard that is. I want to live, but I can't do anything about it. You can't do anything about it. 

B:	But I love you.

A:	And I love you. And you've made me happier past my wildest dreams. 

B:	But it isn't fair.

A:	Life isn't fair, but I'll take my lot. I've had a brilliant life, and most of that is because you've been in it.

B:	Then fight.

A:	I have. You know I have. But I'm out of the fight.  Look at the state of me. I'm beyond repair.

B:	It's not fair.  Why did it have to happen to you?

A:	As opposed to some other poor innocent minding their own business and doing their own thing? 

B:	But...

A:	You mustn't be bitter or angry. You've got to get on with your life for your happiness and sanity. And for our children. Remember that when you look at them, you will see me. 

B:	I don't want you·to go.

A:	It's too late. Come here and let me look at you one last time, and then you need to go. 

B:	(B comes closer: in floods of tears.) I'll see you again one day.

A:	Surely. Goodbye.

B:	Goodbye... for now. (B swims away.)

A closes his eyes and takes a last breath. He lies completely still in the sea - the infected wounds of entangled fishing lines still strangulating his tail very evident as the cause of his demise... the seal begins to drift...
