** 1eddie **

     Hello I am a Large-Mouth Bass. I am a fish and I live in a pond. My pond is surrounded by enormous green trees, boulders and some structures that aliens live in. I don’t really know where my pond and it doesn’t matter to me. I have everything I need right here. I am 14 inches and I weigh 3 pound. I love eating minnows, frogs, lizards and worms.

I remember one time when I was just a baby bass it is one of my worst memories. I was swimming around with my friends and all of a sudden I saw a hurt minnow. I thought about lunch so I swam over and ate him. When I started to swim away something went through my lip and started to pull me towards the shore. I tried to go the other way but it was no help. When I got to the shore there were the aliens! They took me out of the water and took the thing out of my lip. They looked at me and then I saw bright lights and then they threw me back in the water. That was a scary time. I remember another time when I was a little older and I was swimming with my one friend. We were by the boulders by the shore because it is cool there during the day. Out of the blue the aliens were jumping in all around us! We didn’t know which way to go. They kept jumping in from every direction. Then they were almost hitting us. We finally got away from the aliens.

    I feel absolutely ecstatic about my pond. There are deep canyons in the middle where I can stay during the summer. There are fallen trees where I can hang out with my friends. My world is my pond. This is the place to be. Sometimes new fish come in to the pond from other ponds and everyone says this is the best. I am a big strong bass and I am at the top of the food chain.

There are two important things I have learned from my experiences. First I have to look at what I want to eat before I eat it. I need to make sure that it doesn’t have anything in it. The other thing is to make certain that I stay clear of the ALIENS!

My son Michael who is in the 8th grade Wrote this essay for school.  I enjoyed it so much I thought you would to.

eddie:D