The Shark Story

  Ty was a big shark. He was bigger then most of the fish in the ocean. He
was dark grey on his back and white on his under side. He had really sharp
teeth and he looked very scary. Ty was actually a really nice shark. He
wasn't like the other sharks. It didn't really matter though. When ever a
fish saw Ty they always swam away. No one would ever give him a chance.
That was fine with Ty, he didn't mind being alone. It gave him time to
think.

  One day while he was out swimming he had gotten a fisherman's hook caught
in his mouth. It hurt real bad and there was nothing that he could do about
it. He thought that if he could talk to a small fish, and not scare it
away, then the fish might be able to get the hook out for him. The only
problem with this plan was, whenever he saw a fish it would always swim
away from him. Usually as fast as it could. Then if he did talk to one how
was he going to convince a fish to swim into his mouth.

  He headed out into the open waters hoping that he might find a nice
understanding fish to help him. As usual, as soon as the first fish saw him
it yelled, "SHARK" and all the other fish scattered.

  His mouth was hurting really bad. Ty swam around for a long time hoping
that some fish would come back.

  Then he saw a little sea horse swimming all by itself. Ty swam up behind
the sea horse. He started to ask the little sea horse for help but then he
heard the sea horse was crying. Ty shut his mouth and thought about what to
say. This poor little guy was sad and Ty was scared that if he spoke to the
sea horse that he would just scare the little guy.

  Then he decided that he would at least try to be a good friend and find out
what was wrong. As soon as he opened his mouth to speak again something hit
him from the side. It was an octopus. She wrapped her legs around Ty's
mouth and yelled, "SWIM!! Swim away little fella".

  Ty then realized what was going on. The octopus thought that he was going
to eat the little sea horse. The octopus was trying to save the little guy.
What a sweet thing to do Ty thought to himself. Ty tried to tell them what
was going on but his mouth was held shut by the octopus. The sea horse
turned and with one look at Ty it swam away as fast as it could. Ty tried
and tried to open his mouth so he could explain the situation. He could
feel the octopus was losing her grip. Then she let go with all of her arms
and kicked him right were the hook was. It hurt so bad that Ty wanted to
cry.

  Then he realized that when the octopus had kicked him that the hook had
become dislodged. He felt it loose in his mouth. He spit out the hook and
saw the octopus swimming away. He tried to catch her and thank her, but she
was too fast. He also wanted to tell the little sea horse what was actually
going on. They were both gone though. At least the hook was no longer stuck
in his mouth. Ty just swam away alone. Like he always did.

Told on Oct. 29, 2010