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Super Fish Episode One: The New “School” Year

Blub. Blub. went Mr. Jalapeno’s alarm clock, or bubble maker as you may call it. Shadow, his brother, said “Hey get up the school is passing by! you missed breakfast so I saved some fish flakes for you, yellow your favorite.” “Okay I’ll be right there Shadow just heat up my fish flakes while I get ready for school.” “Hurry, or you’ll be late!” Shadow said. So since he’s a fish and all he has to do is get up he did and then he ate his breakfast at school. The whole point of fish school is to learn how to be a fish. Today they would learn how the school works because it was the first day. They swam all around and they were supposed to learn , but Mr. Jalapeno and Shadow mainly just passed notes about the teacher that they wrote on some of their breakfast using sticks of coral. They were mainly passing notes to their best friend, Twig. When school was over Twig said, “That was awesome, I loved the note where you talked about the creepy new kid in the corner. I think his name is Dave, you know for Dave Ming Chang.”

The next day Twig, Mr. Jalapeno, and Shadow tried talking to Dave. All day they introduced themselves and asked him questions like “Why do you blink?” and “Why don’t you talk?” or even “Why did you look like the creepy person in the corner yesterday. you know, like in the movies.” So they talked and talked, but Dave never did. Finally when they were swimming home Dave said in his scratchy soft voice “Hi my name is Dave Ming Chang. Do you want to know something?” “What? What?” they yelled. “I can sense super powers in fish and Mr. Jalapeno, you have some.” Dave said. Then he swam away.

“I have super powers?” said Mr. Jalapeno “Don’t worry he’s probably just crazy” said Shadow. “He does look like he escaped from a mental hospital, you know like the guy who did” said twig. “Did they catch that fish yet?” Mr. Jalapeno said. Then Twig said “They said in the flake that he said that he can detect something, it must have been super powers.” Shadow said “Maybe he isn’t so crazy…”

Tell us if you want more “Super Fish”

The next episode (if you want it) will be called “There’s a new “fish” in town.”

These characters are all characters in my real fish tank at home. If you want to see the real super fish and friends then I will post the actual pictures and tell you a little bit about them.

Unfortunately, the fish Dave Ming Chang Died a few days back and I didn’t get a picture of him so I will post a look alike of the same species.

By C.D.

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Lemon Squares

Ingredients For the Crust 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, frozen 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar, plus more for dusting
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Living Free

There is a place in California called Living Free Animal Sanctuary. It’s an amazing place – a large, privately owned open space for rescued animals to run free in safety until they find a forever home. It is a cage-free environment, which is a wonderful and quite unusual characteristic of this incredible place. Since Living Free was founded in 1980, they’ve saved the lives of countless dogs and cats that would have otherwise been euthanized. They’ve also placed many of their furry guests in forever homes, as well as promoting awareness and education about pet ownership, unnecessary animal euthanasia, puppy and kitten mills, and other important information.

One story that illustrates the reason for their existence is the story of Sheila. Sheila is a 5 year old American Staffordshire Terrier Mix. She spent about 2 years in a shelter, where she only occasionally had the opportunity to escape her tiny enclosed area which barely allowed her to move around. There was a volunteer who would visit her and take her for walks. Although that was a wonderful escape for Sheila, it wasn’t as often or as extensive as what she needed. Since arriving at Living Free, Sheila has the opportunity to run at full speed without any restrictions, which makes her feel alive! As Living Free mentions in their post about her, “She joyfully leaps and sprints through Give Life Park, a park that has given her a new life”. I think it’s safe to say that it’s actually Living Free who gave her a new life! While Sheila is hoping for a forever home, being in such a free and relaxed environment at Living Free is a much needed and deserved improvement over being penned in a small space in a shelter.

Interested in additional information? Learn more about Sheila, and many other pets at http://living-free.org/ . They’re also on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/livingfreerescu. Read about the organization and the animals, and consider donating to their worthy cause; maybe even adopt a new friend or two.

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Produce Aisle: Eat a variety of non-starchy vegetables and low-sugar fruits such as these: Salad Greens (lettuce, spinach, cabbage) Other Leafy Greens1 (Swiss chard or
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