y name is Marty. I was born in the Whetstone brook with 400 other eggs in 1974. When I grew to my fry stage it was time to fend for myself.
I swam down the Whetstone until I reached the Connecticut River and there was a fisherman and he through out his loure and despite the fact that I was hungry i knew better then to take a bite. I saw the gleaming point of that hook and i knew better than to even go near it.
I continued down the Connecticut river and i finally reached the ocean after many months of growing into a smolt. I was doing well and having the time of my life in that big open water of the sea. Then I saw a shadow, I thought it would be friendly?ut was it?o! Do you no what it was? It was a Killer Whale (Orca) and it attacked me. Unfortunately Bruce the Killer Whale spotted me and thought... ?mm...dinner? and so he charged I swam faster than any fish ever could in the whole sea. But not as fast as bruce, he
Stream in the ocean with the turtles. Unfortunately I
got sucked into the Gulf Stream. And Henry the Octopus sucked me to its tentacles and would not let go. Fortunetly Star the dolphin swam by and pushed me off of the octopus with her bottle shaped nose
I proceed back to my Natal Stream. When I
arrive I make a redd to release my eggs. Then the father comes along after the mother is gone and drops sperm on top of the eggs,(or fertilize).
So? then I finish laying all of my eggs and peacefully, I pass away.
And this is the story of the incredible life of Marty the salmon.
