Article: Keiko's off to Iceland, but will this whale hunt?

NEWPORT, Ore. - The fans are growing restless, but the star makes them wait.

Ten minutes, 15 minutes pass. Flip-flops shuffle on the concrete floor. Babies wail, but nobody leaves.

"Here he comes!" someone finally shouts, and camcorders leap to shoulders as the long-awaited one glides into view. Nodding his head with quiet assurance, he notices a little girl near the front and sidles up to the window between them.

Then he sticks out a tongue the size of a ham and wags it. The gallery erupts in laughter. Cameras flash. Keiko, the world's most famous killer whale, has charmed yet another audience.

Millions of children know him from "Free Willy," the 1993 box- office hit that made this 5-ton ...

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