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Once apon a time a little egg was in a gravel hole. An hour later there was two cracks in the egg. That meant that it was hatching. A half an hour later a little tail came out. One minute later a little salmon was born and it's name was Fred Coxen.

When Fred left the hole he saw so many dead salmon and he thought there was a battle. He found a salmon and he was just barely alive, and he found out it was his dad. The moment he looked at him he died. Fred was very sad because he had no parents. But the other fishes were his friends, so he had to stay with them. Fred had to make some friends, and he met a fish named Jake. They played tag all the time.

Then when it was time to travel to the Pacific Ocean, they did it together. The first thing they saw when they got to the Pacific Ocean was a net. They folowed the net and it led to a fishing boat. Then they saw a school of sharks and the sharks did not see them. That day they were scared of the ocean but they knew that they had to continue the journey. The next day Fred and Jake did not see anything dangerous. So they played tag again until they ran into each other. The other day they ate a steelhead trout. Fred ate the head and fins and Jake ate the rest. The next day Jake got caught in a net, but he barley escaped. That was a scary sight for Fred.

The next day they had to return to the river they were born in. When they got to the mouth of the river they had to go up the stream and fight for dear life. Fred told Jake that there were fishers and rapids. They can jump six feet high.

Then Jake got cought by a fisher Fred was very sad because he lost his parents and his best friend but he had to get to the spot he was born in. Fred had no problem jumping the rapids. But he had to mate with a female salmon and he mated with a girl named Mary.

Mary had to lay the eggs then Fred would fertilize them. When that was over they had to die but Fred wanted to die where his dad died. One hour passed and Fred was running out of energy. Then he died right where he wanted to.