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  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright

  First Page

  “Flick the Jiggermawhizzer!”

  said Nick. “And let’s fly

  our Thinga-ma-jigger

  up into the sky!

  Get ready for takeoff.

  Let’s get on our way.

  What kind of adventure

  should we have today?”

  “Adventure?” the Cat said.

  “You’ll soon get your wish!

  Today we will swim with

  a very strong fish.

  You’ll meet my friend Sam,

  and we’ll have lots of fun.

  She’s a salmon, and she’ll

  show us how salmon run!”

  “Do they run,” said Nick,

  “like we run down the street?

  How can they do that

  without any feet?”

  “Salmon run when they swim

  against the current,” said the Cat.

  “Fish have to be strong

  to swim upstream like that.”

  “Press the Shrinkamadoodle

  and we’ll get so small …

  … we will not frighten

  the salmon at all.”

  “Hello!” said Samantha.

  “Just look at me run.

  I leap out of the water

  and flash in the sun!”

  “Watch out!” cried Sally.

  “I see a bear paw!

  It’s the biggest bear paw

  that I ever saw!”

  “Hey, bear!” yelled Sam,

  and then she cried, “Whee!

  There’s no way that you

  will ever catch me!”

  “Excuse me,” said Nick.

  “Can you move, Mr. Bear?

  We’re swimming upstream

  and we need to get there!”

  “A boy fish? A girl fish?

  A fish with a hat?

  I’ve seen some strange things,”

  said the bear, “but not that.”

  “Look out!” cried Sally.

  “Do you see up ahead?

  It’s a big waterfall!”

  “Flip your tails!” the Cat said.

  “We made it!” said Sally.

  “Sam! Where are you?”

  Then they heard Sam

  gently calling, “Yoo-hoo!”

  “I’m here,” whispered Sam.

  “And I’m happy to say

  I just laid my eggs.

  I laid them right away.”

  “My beautiful eggs

  are also called roe.

  And soon all my eggs

  will be starting to grow!

  They’ll grow to be salmon,

  and one day, you’ll see,

  they’ll make the same journey

  upriver as me.”

  “Goodbye, Sam,” said Sally.

  “We had lots of fun.

  Thank you for showing us

  how salmon run.”

  “Swimming upstream,” the Cat said,

  “is what salmon do.

  If you were a salmon …”

  “… you’d swim upstream, too.”

 

 

  Tish Rabe, Born to Run!

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