Personal Narrative: What Of This Goldfish

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Sometimes you must let go of the people or animals you love. I once had a dog that i loved a lot. we would always play together after school, but then we had to move. The one major problem was that the apartment didn’t allow pets. The day we left, I had to say goodbye to my dogs. In the Story “What of this Goldfish would you wish” Sergei and the goldfish had been friends for some time. Sergei would always spend his days talking to the fish. In the quote “After his last wish, Sergei won’t have a choice. he’ll have to let the goldfish go. His magic goldfish. His friend (7)” showed that although he cared for the goldfish, they both knew that Sergei wasn’t a murderer. In the end, Sergei saved Yonatan and had to let his magic goldfish back into

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