Rivers&Streams+Fiction

Once upon a time, on a river shore, a cyanobacteria named // Anabaena aequalis // (also known as Annabelle) was walking in the cold and wet rain. “I’m so cold and wet, I need shelter”. Just then, Annabelle saw a // Thamnidium elegans //// ( also known as Tyler) next to her. “If you give me shelter, I will give you energy to make you an lichen” Annabelle proposed. He responded with a polite “yes” and they lived by the river for a long time. // //Tyler had a friend named Sam the salmon. One day Sam said” my tumy isn’t so good, I think I might have a parasite!” “Oh no!” Annabelle and Tyler said in sync. “I’m going to give it a name, Taylor the tapeworm. Always think on the bright side of life, that’s my motto!” //

//The next day, Sam was swimming upstream when a Grizzly bear popped out of nowhere! It was too late! Our friend Sam was no longer. The bear walked off, extremely proud of himself. He was strutting along when a bird pooped on him! He looked up to see a American robin hopping around in the tree singing “ Silly bear, you can't eat me because I am in a tree!” The bear walked off, fuming, and the bird lived happily ever after. //

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