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I can connect with Ellie because last year my grandma died, I was devastated and cried for months, I will never forget about her and cry once a week. My grandma played a key role in my life, she held me the first the I walked, changed my dirty stinky diapers a plethora of times and helped me learn how to ride a bike She was always there for me, until she moved. Then she was a phone call away, always making me smile with her jokes after a bad day at school. After she died, I made a scrap book of pictures of her to remember her by, Let me tell you something, don’t take advantage of your Grandma! You may think of them as the best cookie baker, or the best birthday present giver, but they’re so much more then that, they had a life before being your grandma, don’t forget that!!!!

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I’m a science guy😂

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I can make a connection to Ellie because I use to have A lot of fish and they didn't live that long.

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I can connect to Ellie because

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I can relate to Ellie because my grandma died like Ellie, and I can't really remember her.

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I have a connection with Ellie because just like Ellie, when my Guinea Pig died my mom tried to give me a new Guinea pig also.

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I have had a goldfish before. It actually lived for a long time for a goldfish; he lived for a lot of weeks. I woke up one morning and found him dead because I fed it too much.

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I can relate to Brianna for many reasons. One reason I can relate to her is being a volleyball player. I have made lots of friends that are not volleyball players and I have been hanging out with people from volleyball and not hanging out with my other friends

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I making a connection with Ellie, about breakfast. In the book, it says how Ellie always cooks pancakes and creates her own pancakes filled with whatever she wants. She has even made peanut butter cup pancakes! I always make pancakes and try to put whatever candy I have in the cabinets into the creamy batter. I am a huge fan of pancakes, and so is Ellie. Another connection is that we also love food! Food is the best creation ever! I am always hungry, and especially pancakes!

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I made a connection with Ellie because when my grandparents moved into my house because their house flooded. It got very annoying after a while, but in the end, it was good because I got to know them very well

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I can connect with Ellie. I used to go to public school and there was a goth kid there and I thought of them as a stereotype. However, it turns out they were nice, just like Raj!

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I can relate. I once won a gold fish at a carnival game and when I got home

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I can relate to Ellie. When I was young I had a goldfish. Every time a goldfish died we would buy a new one. As I got older I started to take better care of my goldfish. I bought my last goldfish when I was nine and it is still living.

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I can connect to Ellie because I like doing puzzles with my grandma and Ellie also likes doing puzzles.

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I can connect to Ellie because my grandparents are very involved in my life. They come to all of my football and basketball games. They say that my sports events keep them young., just like Ellie's grandpa is young forever. My grandma on my Mom's side of the family died a couple years ago just like Ellie's grandparents. Also, I had two pet frogs that lived way longer than expected.

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I can relate to Ellie's grandfather because I want to live forever and I like science too.

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I can connect to Ellie because she has many gold fish that died and my grandma died. I can also connect with Ellie's mom because i'm in drama club. I am connecting with the grandpa because I don't want to get old and have wrinkles.

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I can make a connection to Ellie's grandpa. While I was reading the book I was thinking about the Carl Fredricksen from Up. When his wife was alive he had a heart inside and Ellie's grandpa was nice when his wife was alive.

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I can connect to Ellie because she loves to cook and likes to experiment with lab materials and food. Also, when my pet bunny died I got a new one. After that, my family got a dog so it's kind of like when Ellie's mom keeps giving her goldfish.

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I can connect to Ellie because I had a friend like Brianna. In elementary school my best friend and I were tight but a sport and the team interfered with our relationship and she forgot all about me.

I can also connect with Brianna because I play volleyball and sometimes I get caught up with the players and the sport

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I can relate with Brianna because sometimes when you join a sport you lose friends and also hange out with other people

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I can connect with Ellie's grandfather. I am 64 years old and I agree with him that getting older is NO FUN! However, unlike Ellie's grandfather, I really do not want to live forever. I sure do not want to be back in middle school!

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Ellie connection-My connection is with the character Ellie is because she had several fish like how I did and unfortunately they all died . Another way I connect with Ellie is how she wanted a dog after her fishes died as how I did after my fishes died ( and I got one )! Also with the type of fish Ellie had gold fish witch connects to Ellie cause she had 14 gold fishes. Another connection I have with Ellie is her small funeral for her fishes when they die she would flush her fishes down the toilet.

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In my life I have two grand parents which always look out for me, they can also be very funny some times, one time I asked my grandpa "I wonder who named Kammloops?" Then my grandpa replied "probably the guy who named Fruit Loops . Anyways the play a huge part of my life as whenever my parents are doing something or I'm sick I go there. So really their my go to people. When ever I have a day off and they need help I'm usually there. Most of the time I'm helping my grandpa as he's the handy type of guy. It's too bad that they live in Transcona (other side of the city) . In the summer their usually at the cottage in the Big White Shell. In the summer that's my favourite place to be. When I'm out their usually one of my five cousins are out their. But their always fun. On the other hand my grandma is caring and supportive. She comes to my hockey games. She is an excellent cook. In the fourteen gold fish I hope Ellie talks about her grandma and not just her grandpa. However it works out I think it will be a good book.

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I have 2 grandparents.they were really nice.They never got in trouble and stuff. My grandparents are kind of the opposite of there grandparents. And also they have never been in they have never been in jail. I also have never had a pet before if I do get a pet I hope it is a dog.

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Tatjanna Le 16 oct I connect to Ellie because she has a goldfish and a goldfish is a pet and I also have a pets but my pets are a dog and a cat and I love them a lot!! My dogs name is Hayley and my cats name is Tatyana but we call her mow. (A quick little side note, my cat has a cute little moustache) but anyways my animals are the highlight of my life. I grew up without any pets well I did have a goldfish so I guess I did have a pet but what I meant was I didn't have any cats or dogs or anything like that. I had always wanted a cat and dog and the spring break of grade four I went to the humane society camp and that's when I first saw my cat. On Wednesday I asked my mom if we could go look at the cat and she said ok! We went and looked at the cat and we played with her and we decided to get her so that's the story of how we got my cat. The story of how we got my dog is really simple, so one day in grade five I was really bored so I begged my mom to go to the humane society just to look but when we were there there was a cute beagle and my mom LOVVVEEESS beagles so we ended up playing with her and taking her for a walk and she was so sweet so we ended up buying her!!!!! That is the story on how I got my animals!!!

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I can connect with Ellie she had fourteen goldfish I had so many different pets but not quite fourteen I had a cat we had him for 19 years, we found him on the street when he was little but I'm really allergic to cats. After a couple of years he started to get arthritis in his joints because he was getting really old then he passed away. He was getting to be a pain because he always wanted attention and nobody really wanted to feed him, watch him if he goes in the living room so he doesn't scratch the furniture or get into trouble. Then I got a fish a year later I thought he looked pretty healthy. But after the third day he died. He must of had disease in him before we got him or some kind of bug in his body that we couldn't control or maybe I think I fed him to much.

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Pets and Grandparents
My connections to the Fourteenth Goldfish are for one my name is Elliet, but most people call me Ellie. My Pets have or still play a very important roll in my life. I have two sets of grandparents my Nana and Papa on my moms side and my Grandpa and Grandma on my dad's side. They get alone very we'll. it's is very funny because my Grandma and my Nana's birthday are on the same day! They love to come to my dance practices and recitals and competitions. Also with my Nana and Papa I love to go to the cottage and fish, on boat rides, water skiing, too bing, and roast marshmallows! I have so many memories with them such as my Papa was watching me while my Mom and Dad were out running, I was about 3 and we were on the deck and there were ants crawling around and I was as usual sitting on the deck when I said "Papa watch this" and I squished an ant and ate it! My Papa was so worried that my Mom would be mad at me. With my Nana making all sorts of food like pies,cookies, muffins, and treats!! Also she taught me how to knit, rug hook and play many fun card games, like Crazy 8's, Rummy and Go Fish. with my Grandpa at their house they had this book and it was about Myths and Legends, we would spend hours sitting and reading them with him. With my Grandma she would always take me to the park and play, also we loved to do puzzles together. For pets on the other hand I have had a few pets like when my Dad was younger he got a girl dog named Ginger. I have had her most go my life! I loved her so much. But during spring break when I was in grade 3 we had to put her down because she was 13 so she was getting older. She had fallen down the stares a few days before so it was fair for her. I also had received a Betta fish named Rodd for Christmas when I was in grade one! He died after two weeks. I also had another betta fish named Dobby for three months but he die as we'll. Now I have two frogs Fawkes and Hedwig, like from Harry Potter. Fawkes and Hedwig sit in the middle of my dresser. In there tank there is a purple rock and a clear rock. As well as gold rocks and neon rainbow rocks. Those are my connections to the fourteenth Goldfish.

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I can connect to Ellie and her dog because I have a dog too when I was born i had a dog and a cat then my cat died and then my dog died after my cats name was Columbo, he was a boy and be was grey. My dogs name was liska/Lilly she was a girl and she was a border collie mix. A year after she died we got my dog caddi from the no kill animal humane society, she is so crazy but at night so soft and cuddly at night on my bed, she is turning 4 this year but I have to say she didn't really calm down she's still crazy but i love her so much. Her birthday is the day after mine, mine is the 21 of December and hers Is the 22 of December, it's such a coincidence! As pets I also have 2 dwarf frogs,they are little water frogs, they are both girls😊<br>

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I once had a Gold fish but I forgot to feed him beacuse my mom said if I could score a goal in my game she would by me a fish and I did score a goal but I totally forgot about him then he died the first day I got him.

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Kobe Le 16 Oct I connect with Ellie because my grandparents play a big role in my life. For example when I was young and I played house league hockey I always had early practices after school,so my parents couldn't always get me there on time. If they couldn't get me there my grand parents would take me. They would also be at all my early morning games and late games even if they where across the city,and they still do. They would also take me,my brother and my 2 cousins for 1 week and every day we would go some place fun and different. A few years ago when I was in grade 5 they gave my family (me,my brother,my parents,my 2 cousin and my uncle and auntie) tickets to Orlando Florida. In 6 days we went to most of the Disney parks, Sea World and my favourite place that we went to was Discovery Cove. At Discovery Cove we went swimming with dolphins, swimming with exotic fish and walked around in a hug bird cage filled with so meany different birds. In conclusion I love my grandparents!

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I connect with my grandparents because they act as friends who are unique compared to your average friends. They live differently compared to you. Maybe they live in an apartment or a farm. They teach you stuff that they did when they were young. They may not have computers or iPads, but they'll probably have a card game up their sleeve that you never learnt yet. My grandpa lives in the country. When I was young I'd walk in the forests or play with his dog Cooly. He has a John Deere tractor that I was a natural at riding (probably because I love video games)! It was fun when we had a "sleep-over" at his house. It was a bit challenging living in a  mobile home, but it was worth it with the fun activities outside and the fact that I got to eat sugary cereal since it was a special occasion. My grandpa may live in the country and in the middle of nowhere, but it's fun living like him. My grandma lives in an apartment. She divorced my grandpa, but they both attend our celebrations and parties at the same time. Her apartment is tiny and my aunt lives with her. It's also a great place to have a family feast. She has great cooking and makes dishes that I don't normally eat. We always went to her house for thanksgiving except for this year. She's also good at sewing. She hasn't taught me but she made a blanket when I was born and she finished it when I was 10. It has a cool optical illusion pattern. My grandma is a great person who I always liked and loved spending time with. Grandparents play an important role in my life. They teach me new things and show me their way of living. They truly are unique "friends".

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I have a connection to the book about the part about goldfish and to my grandparents. When I was about seven years old I got a goldfish and when I first got it I was excited but then after about ten minutes I pretty much forgot about it. My mom said that I was supposed to help her with it but I don't think I ever did. My mom would always feed it and take care of it and it lasted about 1 week. I connect with the grandparents cause I'm close to them. I'm close to them cause whenever I go to my grandparents that are on my dad's side of the family I always go golfing and its fun.

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10/16/14 I connect with my Grandparents because I love spending time with them. Some of the things that I love doing with my Grandparents are: playing cards, baking and eating out with them. I also enjoy socializing with them. Another thing that I like doing with them is going on trips with them. Another reason to love socializing with them.

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I had a lot of hamsters when I was little. There was Hammy, Hamtaro, Fluffy, cookie and Fudgicul. I had hammy for surprisingly three years. I lost him once then we found him between the wall and my bed. Fluffy didn't like people that much. I gave him water then I went to the top of my street where am sister gets dropped off from school. Then when I got back he was on his back dead. Hamtaro some how got out of his cage and we couldn't find him for two weeks so we stopped looking so we haven't found since.

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I can connect with the story very well because I've had about 4 pets in my life and all my grandparents are alive. All the pets I've had we're cats, of course. The first one, Tang, lived with us for years, but she was always more comfortable outdoors, so we made the choice to send her to a farm to live her proper life. The second was Spazz, funny name I know. Our neighbours were moving somewhere where they wouldn't allow pets, and since they knew my family were the cat maniacs, they gave us the orange tabby known as Spazz. We owned Tang and Spazz at the same time, but I've had Tang ever since I was 3 and Spazz entered our lives when I was 5, and my mom was pregnant with my little brother. I remember Tang always mauling me whenever I tried to pick her up, and Spazz would just meow and meow, then realizing it was useless, he'd hang like a doll. One day I was an foolish kid and left the door open, and Spazz booked it. We never saw him again, and I always wonder if he's still alive. I worry about that with Tang too, yeah she was a wild cat, but still... Lastly, we got Fluffy and Abby 3 years ago. My brother named Fluffy, typically. While I named Abby. Fluffy and Abby were sisters, nearly twins. Both were calicos, but Fluffy sort of had a washed out pelt, like a calico cloud. Then Abby had a calico pelt, with tabby markings, with resulted in the nickname Tigger. They were kittens when we got them from a friend, and they'd play with each other for hours, it was adorable. Then they grew up, and Fluffy explored outside and got pregnant. My parents weren't a fan of kittens, so they gave her away. Abby is still with me, and hopefully will be for a long time.

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connect to Ellie because she had a lot of gold fish that have died and I've had a dog named ginger and she was put down when I was 8 years old. we did every thing together and she was my best friend. then one day she fell well walking down the stairs and we found out she wasn't strongest enough to walk. she got very sick and I went over to my dad's one day and he told me she was gone. I don't stop crying about her even though it was years ago. I also had a pet named soup he was the only boy rat we had and and he was so playful my best friend and the friendliest rat in the word. The day I got him he bit me then I took him out later that day and I let him run around and he stuck to me like glue and never hurt me ever again.there was also my brothers rat pepperoni he was so fun he was a white rat with red eye and I had nightmares about him he was the first to out of the rats to die it was the worse day of mine and my brothers life beside the day we found out ginger was put down. I had a lot of other animals but this would be to long so... I have a baby turtle named Mikey and he is sick and he has a thing called shell roat it's like a cold and I'm kind scared for him. I also have a little brown dog named rolo and she is 5 years old she is an amazing dog and she's so fun I don't want her to die because seeing your best friend go is so hard. I love my grandpa so much i don't know what I'd do with out him when I was little I never wanted to leave his house I would end up sleepingover at his house for a week. now that I'm older I hardly see them because they travail a lot and I never have the time to drop by and say hi witch is sad but I see him at family dinners. I was upset when I heard my grandpa needed to go have surgery on his heart I thought he was dyeing but I was wrong I love him so much I never want him to die.

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I connect with Ellie because I have a grand-pa. My grand-pa lives four doors down from us at the cabin, so I can't just go visit him when ever I want, it's when we go out to the cabin. Our family go's out to the cabin every weekend so I get to see him a lot. My dad and my grand pa both are car sales men for a living. I like to help my grand pa and my dad clean and show cars. My grand pa is a very important person in my life because we love each other. I very much love my pets too, I have a cat named kitty. He's about 2 years old now, and we had him since we he was two months old. He's an outdoor cat so he likes to hunt for his food most of the time. He loves going out to our cabin, just like us. If I never had him in my world I wouldn't now what to do without.

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I can't connect with the book The Fourteenth Goldfish because I have never had a pet before and I don't have many experiences. But I can connect with Ellie because I have grandparents and their really important to me. Before my grandpa moved he used to take care of me and my brother all the time when my parents were busy. He taught us lots of things like building a treehouse or starting a fire when we were young. He helped us all the time. For example He helped my little brother climb a tree and help me build a skateboard ramp out of wood. Sadly my grandparents moved to another city recently so things are different now.

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Ryan Oct 16 14 Grandparents are one of the most important people in my life I call my moms parents Oma and opa and my dads Dadi dada. I feel without my grandparents I don't think I could be doing as many things in life or be who I am today. When I was 1-2 my grandparents came for the day so my mom and dad could go to work if my grandparents weren't there to help I think I would have had to go to my parents jobs because I was only 1 year old so I feel having both sets of my Grandparents come to my house 5 days a week has played a role in our close bond. My Oma and opa take me to anyplace at anytime and live in a big house in the west end and my Dadi and dada in a big house in the south end I still even at my age love going to my grandparents for sleepover but things aren't the same at my dad's parents ever since I lost my grandpa. He used to take me anywhere and he was so kind at heart but in January on 2009 he was diagnosed with a very severe case of Parkinson's disease and 2010 he had to stop driving because of the shake in his hand from Parkinson's eventually it took over his body and passed away suddenly form 3 heart attacks on November 17 2013. I still feel that even with my grandpa gone I still have a close bond with all of my grandparents I love them very much.

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I can connect with Ellie because I had a grandpa on my moms side and I didn't see him very often. My grandparents on my dad's side of the family I see them often. When ever I have a hockey game they come out and watch me play. My grandpa is a bit of a jokester, often when I'm over at their house I'll go with him to he's other house that he's trying to sell and help him with jobs he needs done. My grandmother is in a good mood pretty much all the time and she's often inside cooking her delicious meals with my sister while I'm outside having a fire or working on something with my grandpa. I always love hanging out with my grandparents and it helps that they come over or I go over there often. I see them on holidays and birthdays and like two to around nine times a month. They're very supportive with my sports and school and my grandpa is always telling me it's great how I pasted level ten in swimming lessons since he's sort of scared of water even through he loves fishing and he tells me I should get a bike for arms. Often when My grandparents come over we play cards and often when I'm at their place me and my grandma play cards.

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William Oct 16 I can't really make connections with the story and my grandparents Because my grandparents don't do sience but I can connect the story with my pets because I ad a goldfish and it died like two days after I bought it so yeah... The End

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I can relate to Ellie by having grandparents even though my relationship with them aren't strong because my Popop ( that's what I call my grandfather ) died when I was 6 and I am now 12 even though I couldn't of had a mature, strong relationship when I was six with him but I still remember that he came over every Monday to watch sports with my dad and he taught me how to climb trees, we were super close and He was the first to rush up to the hospital when I was born,I still love him with all my heart and I know that he does and did too. My other grandmother died before I could see her. My grandmother and her new husband live hours away and I only see them when it's something special like Christmas or thanksgiving and my other grandpa and his wife I see when we come over to their house for supper maybe 4 times a year I wish my grandparents and I where closer but it's just the way things are ( so technically I guess I have 6 grandparents ).I love them even though we see each other not very often but I still know that they love me as well. But I still have loving grandparent figures that I love and respect.

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I can connect with Ellie because. I have three grandparents, They have been a huge part of my life since I was very young. On my moms side I have two loving and caring grandparents and on my dads side I have a hardworking and caring grandpa. The two grandparents are very close to me because they live 30 minutes away . Even though they live across the city we still get to see them a lot, like family birthdays, holidays and when my mom and dad are away we go over there for the night. My grandpa loves to play catch with me he taught me how throw a good curveball and on the other hand me and my gramma always make supper together. they teach me new stuff every time I see them. I love my grandparents to pieces

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I can connect with Ellie having a grandpa because I do too. I know first of all that I have an amazing relationship with my grandpa for many reasons, so many that I can't explain everything in one paragraph. First of all I like going fishing white my grandpa at lake Manitoba when we go to our cabin. We always catch bass fish and those things taste awful. my dad once caught a catfish. My grandpa has a garden where he grows all kinds of stuff like tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, onions, beans, potatoes, peas, garlic. The list goes on and on. I remember when I was little I would go digging for worms in the garden. I loved going for tractor rides with him near our cabin. My grandpa cooks amazing suppers whenever we go there. I love my grandpa and hope that he becomes immortal too.

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My connection I love all my pets(current pets or pets that have died) I've had 4 pets in my life time: two fish, one dog and a cat. My fish was not a goldfish, I'm not sure what breed it was my parent said it was ugly but I loved it anyways. I thought it was the best thing ever because I had never had a pet of my own before. I had named him/her curious because she/he always looked kind of curious. Curious had big bug eyes and a kind of brown/purple body. Curious died 5 months after I got her(I liked to think she was a girl). My brothers' fish is a goldfish it is still alive to this day! My brother never really loved or took care of his goldfish, so most of the time I feed it. This goldfish didn't have a name for the longest time but I always liked to call it Bob I don't really know why. Finally after about 2 years my brother decided to call him Carlitos don't ask me why because I really don't know. I had a dog named Lady since I was really young and I loved her like my sister but then about a year after we found her, we moved to a townhouse and we had to give her away. This devastated me and we lived there for about seven years. Soon after those long years had passed we had to move again and so we moved to our house now and a few months later we got Wojo, our cat. Wojo was a stray and he was born under a porch a few weeks after he was born he was brought into cats cradle witch is a shelter for cats. Him and his brothers each where named after a character from an old tv show. The shelter didn't have enough space so the kittens were kept in a cage in the bathroom. Apparently they all meowed so much that soon enough everyone was calling them the bathroom boys, Wojo still meows a lot to this day, he is now a year and a half old and we got him when he was almost a year. I love and loved all of my pets and they all mean so much to me.

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I connect with the book The 14th Goldfish because I have/had two pets in my life. One a goldfish his name was Goldie but he past away when I was young because he kept jumping out of his fish bowl. Two, a Tabby cat named Jangles he is an outdoor cat and he is a big part in my life. Even though it may seem to him that we don't love him, because there are sometimes when he goes a couple of days without being feed, we do love him very much On the other hand we do have other stuff to do so there is an excuse on my parents part, for not feeding the cat that is. ( Life is very busy when there are two little boys running around all day ) We live out in a friendly area on the west side of the city. Now where I live is an area that makes me feel like I'm living on a cottage because there is a lot of nature and I mean a lot, deer, chipmunks, squirrels and birds you name it. So on that note there will be the odd time that Jangles brings home a mouse or a small bird, and then he'll leave it on our door step it's gross!! When my cat starts meowing by the door then we just let him outside, without a leash. That is why I love him!! Sometime he will be out over night but we always try out best to let him in. My cat is my life and I don't know what I would do without him.

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I connect with Ellie because I don't see my grandpa all that much and that Ellie's grandpa was saying "Why do girls where that sort of stuff" and my grandpa and step grandma say that to. Anyways my grandparents live in Minnesota so I never see them other than Christmas and thanksgiving. They go to see my cousins for half the year in California but only come to see my family for one or two weekends a year. My other Grandma loves to spoil me and give me sweets and cookies I have had 2 cats,7 fish and one dog. My dog "Charlie " is the most wonderful thing that happened to me in my life! I met him when my dad was dog sitting him and another dog for the summer, latter that fall Charlie's first owner decided that she didn't want him so she gave him to us. He was 5 then and now he's 8. He always thinks of getting us in the house before him when there's thunder. I love him and he loves me (and squirrels). My parents are divorced so I only see him when I'm with my dad. But when I come from my moms to my dads he will not calm down for like 2 hours because of excitement! My 2 cats never could stop cuddling me and one of them even tried to give me a cat bath, because of her rough tongue I lost some hair. And my gold fish just sat in a tank. My grandma and pets will always be a part of me.

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I connect with Ellie because I have pets and I love them! I have 2 dogs named Bessie and Otis. I got Bessie when I was 6 and Otis when I was 7. I remember when my dad came home from work and he was holding her behind his Back so I couldn't see her and then he gave her to me and I was so happy. Then a year later I got Otis and he was so adorable and really tiny. I've had them for eight years and their family to me and I don't know what I would do with out them!

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I love my two dogs I have now named Kneesaa and Blitzen. They are everything to me. Kneesaa has been in my life for almost 9 years and Blitzen just joined my family just this year. Kneesaa is a calm,very loving dog and Blitzen is a crazy,loud dog but he is also very loving just like Kneesaa. Kneesaa is a husky cross with something I do not know and same with Blitzen. Also here's something about my grandpa. The way I got Kneesaa was when I was 3-4 years old I really wanted a dog. So I called my loving grandpa and told him that I wanted a dog for my birthday. So on my birthday my grandpa showed up at my house and we went and got Kneesaa! I still thank my grandpa on this day for the very loving gift he gave me.

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I connect with Ellie because we both hold a place in our hearts for our pets and I too, have had many fish. It started when I was eleven I had over 30 guppies because of a close family friend but unfortunately I soon moved and had to leave my fish behind. Then when I got here I bought 3 angel fish and it turns out their one of the hardest tropical fish to take care of. So, I returned to the store, then I got 3 Tetras and a bottom feeder. Now my 3 Tetras and my bottom feeder swim happily in my fish tank.

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I can connect with Ellie because she has had many pets. I have never had a goldfish myself, but my sister had a beta fish. My family has had 4 cats but one ran away when I was younger. We now have 2 cats and my dad has one too.

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My grandparents have a very important role in my life. They help with problems that I have and they help me with my home work. They even let me stay there when I am not having a good time at my dads. My grandparents taught me how to love life, have a good time and not to hurt others, be respectful to the people around me. My pets: my cat is very cuddly and cute his name is Felix. Felix is so soft and small he cuddles with me so much and he sleeps in my bed with me. He jumps really high he is the cutest cat. He is a tabby cat, he looks like a lion. He purrs so much it is really cute. He is 6 or 7 years old I forget.

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I love all my pets so much. Every single one that I have or had are very special to me. The first pet I ever had was a cat that I had when I was a newborn. My parents had two cats before I was born and I had both those cats until I was around 8. My first cat's name was "Doink", that was only his nick name but I can't remember his real name. Doink was all white with a grey spot and he only had one eye. He was always a little chubby cat which made him even cuter. My other cats name was Simon. We named him Simon because of the Simon Fraser university in BC because our last name is Fraser. Simon was all black and also very chubby. He was a very cuddly and shy cat. I had him until I was 8. I currently have two cats. The first ones name is Flopper. We didn't name him but the pet store did because he doesn't sit down he flops down. He is all black and slim unlike all the other cats I've had. He is very friendly with anyone and not afraid to go up to people. He's very young so I hope I'll have him for a long time. The other cat I have right now is named Lily. We got her when she was only 6 weeks old... She could fit in the palm of my dads hand! Now she is a bit older but she's still only one. She is a very small cat. She is shy and runs away from people but when she gets to know you she is very friendly. She is black too. I love all my animals so much and can't imagine how it would be without them.

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My grandpaents have been a big part of my life because my grandpa built almost all of the furniture in my house and my grandma makes the best cookies in the world.i like going to my granparents when things arent going well at home ,my grandparents can help with every situation.

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I connect with Ellie because I also have grandparents. I am really close with my grandparents on my dad's side.My grandma the hard working and caring lady. She would always be cooking in the kitchen, she was the one that got me more interested in cooking when I was little whether it was devil'd eggs or pancakes. I still remember, around fall every year my family would go over to my grand parents and make toutsiere (meat pie).we would make huge batches enough to last both families a hole year.My grandma is no longer alive but I will love my grandparents no matter where they are! My grandpa the quiet and funny man. I wasn't as close with my grandpa, he was quiet and we didn't spend much time with each other but he still made me smile. A couple years ago i got really into magic. When I went over to my grandparents and I wanted to test out my card tricks. Pulling all my best tricks out of my sleeves trying to impress him. But even when I mess up, he cheers me up by saying a joke. I love my grandpa! My grandparents will be forever a big part of my life.

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I connect with Ellie because I used to have a lot of pet fish, but there all gone now. One time I had three fish in quite a big tank one for me and one for each of my sisters and my sister abby's fish died, but me and Nicole (my sister) fish were still alive. one morning I got up to feed them and only saw one fish it was Sara's fish I looked for mine for a couple of minutes... Wait what's that? My fish had been sucked up into the cleaner I couldn't help but laugh I had never seen that happen before. So I called my mom down and she helped me get him out from the cleaner we both thought we would be dead but no! He was fully alive so I fed them and got ready for school. The next day there he was again stuck in the cleaner! So I thought for sure he'd been dead but nope still alive and well.

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I can't connect with Ellie with pets because I have never had a pet, but my brother and sister are kind of like pets so let's talk about that. My brother and sister always listen to me and like to stick by my side, like dogs. They also need me to help take care of them like sometimes I get them food or water like a dog! I can connect with Ellie because I have grandparents. My grandparents like teaching me how to do things like Ellie's grandpa does because he is a scientist. My grandparents have taught me how to do many things from making a sandwich or washing dishes, kayaking or even (partially) parking a car! My grandparents aren't scientists but they sure love teaching me stuff and hanging out with me! So I guess I do have a connection to Ellie with my grandparents, but pets not so much.

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I love my grandparents! My mother's parents are the people I call Grampa and Gramma. They have been a part of my life since I moved across the country, when I was five years-old. I will forever be thankful for our move. It provided me the opportunity to  have a relationship and a connection to my grandparents.

Some of my fondest childhood memories include my grandparents. At that time, they lived in the country on a farm. I would spend many weekends during the school year and many weeks during the summer switching from city kid to country kid. My Grampa taught me how to drive tractors and lawnmowers, plant a garden and shoot a rifle. My Gramma taught me to shuck corn and peas and to knit. They used to raise turkeys on their farm. Let me tell you, I was terrified of them. They would chase you around their pen. Turkeys are surprisingly quick animals!

I hold my grandparents very close to my heart. I can see how their presence in my life has influenced me. Growing up I definitely had the best of both worlds. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.