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Fiction Aquarium

"Oh no, look at this Sara, a mother green sea turtle is dying." Mia's father said in a sad voice. "How is she dying?" Sara said "Nobody knows, they think a rare disease.Which is bad because if scientists at the Downtown Aquarium don't know what the disease is, they can't treat it." Troy, Mia's father said. Sara and Troy, Mia's mother and father and Mia were sitting at the breakfast table. They were enjoying their breakfast until her father had read that article from the paper. "Well dad I got to go to the bus stop, don't want to miss the bus to the aquarium." Mia said. "Oh, yeah I forgot your school is sleeping over at the aquarium." her mom replied "Go ahead." he said. "But wait are you sure you don't have to bring a parent?" Sara asked. "Yes mom." Mia replied. Secretly Mia had seen the article about the turtle before, and she was planning to help her. Mia had her aquarium tools in her backpack, she knew what was wrong with the turtle, and she knew how to cure her.

It was a dark and stormy day. In a big yellow bus sat all of Mark Twain's fifth grade and one of their parents. The bulky, bright yellow bus stood out in the gloom. Mia hopped on and the bus drove away. The classes were on their way to the Downtown Houston Aquarium. But one particular child, Mia Lora, had a plan. And she was the only kid without a parent, but she did that on purpose.

As the bus stopped every filed out. Mia stayed to the back, just like she planned. As they put all their stuff into buckets and hurried off to the tour. For an hour they toured the whole Aquarium.They tour guide had a thick German accent, because they were at a German aquarium. At last they arrived at the sea turtle exhibit. "Thats where I'll do it." Mia thought to herself. "Ok, class, I'm afraid that it's time to go to bed now." Mia's teacher Mrs.Isabella reported. So they set up their sleeping bags and got ready to go to bed. "Lets tell scary stories!" Mary said."Fine, but only for ten minutes." Mrs.Isabella replied. So a few people told scary stories, and then they had to go to bed.

"So I'll wait a hour, so nobody will be awake." Mia thought. A few minutes went by, "Come on Mia, stay awake." Mia whispered to herself. Hours went by, but Mia didn't notice. She was asleep. A few minutes later a rustling came from Mia's sleeping bag, "Oh, no, I fell asleep!" Mia got up and grapped her tools, and sent off toward the turtle tank.

" Was tun Sie herauf kleines Mädchen? " Mia spun around, behind her the custodian was stand with a mop looking at her. "Um, just going to the bathroom." Mia stammered. " Entschuldigen Sie mich? " he said. Mia was too scared to say any more, so she ran away towards the turtle tank. "Oh right, I'm at a German aquarium. He must have been speaking German." she thought. She sprinted to the tank, and took off her pajamas. Under her PJ's was a green and blue wet suit. "Ok, I have my wet suit, my supplies,..." She slid into the tank, careful not to wake the turtles. There, in the corner, was the mother turtle. Her green back stood out in the clear water. She went up to the turtle and stoked her back. "Hum..." she thought. "Nothing there, or there, or there, but wait, whats that..." Mia saw a deep cut in the turtles foot. She quickly swam up to surface and got out a bottle of hydrogen peroxide. "Come her baby." she whispered. The turtle swam up to her."Good girl." Mia took her foot and a bucket. She poured the peroxide on the cut and put the bucket under it. "Now, now, don't cry." In a different bucket she had plain water from the sink. "That fells better doesn't it?" Mia was rinsing the cut out in the plain water.

"Sandra, we open in a half hour!" Mia spun aroundd to see to workers talking to each other. She slipped out of the tank, graped her supplies and fled. In the bathroom she took off her wet suit, dried herself off, and changed into her pajamas. She carefully looked at herself in the mirror. "Ok, my hairs dried now all I have to do is sneak out." She sneaked out of the bathroom and quietly ran down to her sleeping bag.

"Hey, why were you gone?" Mary questioned her. "Um, I just went to the bathroom." Mia replied. "Oh, night." Mary said "Night." Mia said back. Mia laid down and fell fast asleep knowing that the mother turtle would live.

One week later the survival story of the mother green turtle hit front page news. "Sara, the mother turtle will live!" Troy shouted. "Oh thats just wonderful, Troy." Sara replied. "Mia, did you see the turtle when you were at the aquarium?" Troy asked. "No, I didn't." Mia said with a sly smile on her face. But Mia would never tell anybody about her adventure at the aquarium. She would just put a sly smile on her face every time she heard the miraculous recovery on the mother turtle.