Jake's Tragic Hero

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There Once was a very intelligent bullfrog named Jake. He was the best at doing everything. From academics to outdoor activities. His favorite thing to do was build ships with his dad when he was young. He got so good at it that he was best on in the town of Tipton. He became famous for the ships he would build. Jake would say “I guarantee you I’m the best ship builder around the Central Valley, no one is as good as me”. But with all this success Jake got full of himself. He became greedy with all his money and belongings and never gave back to his community in Tipton.
One day Jake was building the ship that was known to be the Titanic. This ship was to be considered the best ship in the world. Jake noticed this very beautiful bullfrog named Isabella. She was the prettiest bullfrog he had ever seen.
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He had accidentally chopped off his own leg. This ruined his life. He was forced to stop building ships because of his disability. Jake went from living in the biggest house of Tipton to living in a Wigwam.
Jake was now 65 years old and still without a job. He didn’t know what to do; he went from the richest to the poorest man in Tipton. He tried and tried to build more boats, but they were all a failure to him and to everyone else. People would make fun of Jake because of what happened to him. Jake said to himself “my life will never be the same again”.
Jakes mom walked into the room and said, “honey don’t give up just because you have a disadvantage”
“But mom it’s impossible to build a ship with only one

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