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PreS-Gr 2—"I have to win this goldfish." Thus opens the tale of a boy who really wants a pet. His parents, he laments, are too practical. They won't let him have anything fluffy, shaggy, or feathery—or, heaven forbid, anything that eats mice. But tonight he'll be allowed to keep what he wins at the carnival goldfish booth. His aim is true. "Where's my goldfish?" he asks. Alas, he doesn't win a fish. He wins Nuncio, a great blue whale with eager eyes and a perennial smile. "Impractical," his parents moan. Bu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

At the fair, our narrator wins not a goldfish but a whale named Nuncio. The boy takes Nuncio home and installs him in his swimming po...Log In or Sign Up to Read More