捕鲸记

《捕鲸记》（日语：くじらとり）为吉卜力工作室在2001年于吉卜力美术馆公开的动画短片。

在郁金香幼稚园（ちゅーりっぷ保育園）里；星星班（ほしぐみ）的孩子们正在玩着积木，他们将积木组成一条船后将它命名为“大象狮子号”（ぞうとらいおんまる），并且幻想他们就乘着大象狮子号上在大海寻找鲸鱼。

之后他们想像著将找到的鲸鱼带到陆地上与它一起玩，并送给鲸鱼一个用花朵编织的头冠。

A group of elementary school children play in their classroom, imagining that they are on a boat in the ocean. This fantasy becomes reality, and soon all the students find themselves stranded in the deep blue sea, looking for their own Moby Dick. Some of the kids want to harpoon the whale, others want to take its picture, and many of the kids are afraid and just want to return home. In the end, a gentle Totoro-esque whale shows up and plays with the children until their fantasy ends and they are again back in school.

(Source: Nausicaa.net)