Brian's salmon story

In this fictional story about a salmon’s life cycle, you will learn many things. One salmon hatches, and its marvelous journey begins.

It was a warm day in a beautiful lake in Vermont. A little salmon hatched in a clump of humongous rocks. After years passed, it started out into the big blue world in search of a mate. As it looked, it left the lake by a stream. It looked up and saw large feet splashing through the water. The little salmon didn’t know of the black bears that pondered these streams, trying to kill all kinds of salmon. It swam quickly, dodging to and fro until it was safe. Up ahead, a large open space was in sight. The Atlantic Ocean.

The salmon looked around and saw a huge ship floating in the water. The salmon was unaware of the danger ahead. It was finally picked up by scientists who were doing a test on salmon. It’s a good thing the salmon wasn’t caught fishermen! It could have been the end of this little salmon.

As the salmon continued it reached an open space in which two large buildings were placed. Many black smoke; a lot worse than the salt water it the waters of the Atlantic. It headed through the toxic smoke and survived. Our little salmon survived, but many other salmon did not.

As it continued on it faced many other dangers; too many to describe here. It lived to find a mate in a beautiful lake, much like where it came from. Then, sadly, it died. Many salmon eggs were laid, though. Our little salmon made it home where many other salmon lay dead. They had mated too, and then died.

There is the life cycle of the salmon for you. Let us be glad we (humans) have a longer life.