THE TALE OF A BROWN TROUT
by Jared

Egg development: “Where am I? What am I? What is my name? AHHHHHH! WHAT’S HAPPENING TO ME? And why can’t I see?”
“I will tell you the answer to all of those questions. You’re in a tank with giants all around you. You’re a Brown Trout. And you’re name is Bob. We’re being dumped into a tank in some kind of lab. You can’t see because you are in the stage egg development.”
“Wait a second. How do you know all of this stuff” “I know because I hatched early and I am in the stage embryo."
“I don’t like the snake in the cage next to us. It really freaks me out.”
“What’s your name?”
“My name is Fred.”
“Fred, cool down. The snake is in a cage and it’s probably not a water snake.”
“You have got a point. Now I am going to get some rest under that blue thingy. You will probably see me in about two weeks.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“What I mean is that you will grow an eye in about tow weeks.”
“Ohhhh.”

Two weeks later...

Stage embryo: “Hey Fred, look at how fast I have grown. I’m already an embryo. I skipped the eyed egg stage!”
“Ya, I am a Parr. You are almost ready to be released. I am ready to be released.”
“Do you know what I like most about this glass?” “No what?”
“This pink stuff.”
“Me too. The humans call it insulation. It helps keep the tank water cold.”
“That is awesome.”
“Wait, I just remembered. It’s 11:00 a.m. That means the giants from Mr. Hassan’s class are coming to look at us. We had better go hide.” “O.K. Whatever you say.”

INTERVIEW WITH A TROUT
by Elijah

Reporter: Hi, Elijah here. We are going to interview brown trout. Let’s get started. So brown trout is it hard to go through your life cycle?

Brown trout: Yes, because it’s hard to get out of our eggs.

Reporter: OK, so what are your enemies?

Brown trout: Pollution, snakes and fishermen.

Reporter: I got one more. What is your habitat?

Brown trout: In lakes, oceans and rivers.

Reporter: Thank you.
 

(continued)

After the giants leave...

Stage parr/fry to fingerling: “Hey Fred.”
“Ya Bob?”
“One of the embryos said that they can speak human English, and that they heard people talking about releasing us in one or two weeks when everybody is a Parr.”
“Hide! I can hear giants!”
“Me too, see ya.”
“See ya.”

The trout are being released...

“Yes, it’s time. We’re finally being released. BYE BYE KIDS OF SMITH SCHOOL!”