gilbert the goby fish
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In the story Gilbert The Goby Fish, Gilbert is stuck between believing himself or believing his family. Gilbert has been moving ever since he was a small Guppy, and for some reason he has never felt comfortable in any of his new homes. Through the book Gilbert discovers his true home and how his family is negatively impacting the ecosystem for everyone.TRANSCRIPT
The End Gilbert T
he Goby Fish
By: Moises Lopez and Cinnamon Yates
Hey, over here! My name is Gilbert the Goby Fish. Once upon
a time ago my family and I used to live in Lake Erie and were
known for being the meanest Goby’s in all the Great Lakes. I
never did like being under that title, so I decided to make a
change. Ready for a good story? This is the story on how I
changed the life of all organisms under the lakes.
This feels like this is actually where we are sup-
posed to be, home. It feels good to be home.
And that’s the story on how I changed lives in the
lakes forever. It doesn't matter how big or how
small you are, if you put your mind to something
you can accomplish what you want and make a
change.
“I had no idea that bullying other organisms could have such a
big affect on our ecosystem” said Gail. Maybe you were right all
this time Gilbert. I’m so sorry that we haven’t been listening to
you Honey. Can you ever forgive us?
No time for that now we need to go right now….follow me!
Swimming fin in fin the Goby family raced to the port to get on
the boat to get to the Black Sea. When they finally got there Gil-
bert showed his family the picture of Grandpa Gabe. “How did
this get here?” asked Gail. “I told you this is our home, where we
belong, where we belonged the whole time.”
“Gilbert get up and go scare that Trout Fish Tribe there
sleeping on my coral reef” said Gail. Mom there is
plenty of coral fish to go around. You get up right now
and go move them from there or you're watered.
I can't believe she's making me do this, this is so wrong. I have
to do it though, Mom says a true Goby Fish does this.. I know
this isn’t right. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one in this
family that knows right from wrong. I don’t want to live like
this anymore. I don’t want to be known as something that I’m
not. Instead of running them off like we always do, maybe I
can kindly ask them to move.
If we don't do anything about this then the Trout Fish will
eventually become extinct. We are eating all of their babies
which is decreasing the amount of Trout Fish. Not only will the
Trout Fish suffer, we will all suffer because they play a big role
in our ecosystem. If the Trout Fish go extinct than who will
provide food for the birds, bears, and eagles to eat. If nothing
is changed then they will all begin to die off. Just like humans
need air to breath and live, Goby fish need to be in their na-
tive home to restore the ecosystem.
This is all too much, then how do invasive species spread? “If
we really don't belong here, how did we get here?” asked Gail.
Invasive species spread wood products and ships. On my way
to find our native home, I heard these two men saying that
humans are going to regulate water transporting to help re-
solve this problem. If there doing their niche then shouldn't
we do ours?
Hey Trout Fish! Over here!…...wait, no, where are you all go-
ing, I was just going to say…” That you want our home? we
have heard it all before, you Gobies are all the same” said
Tristan the Trout Fish.
“Gilbert, how did it go? Did those greedy Trout Fish move?”
asked Gail. Yes they moved, thanks to you they think i'm a
mean person. Congrats Gilbert, you're acting more like a
Goby everyday! That's it I can't take this anymore I feel low-
er than the sand at the bottom of Lake for what you made
me do, this isn't how it should be. Just give it time you'll get
used to treating organisms this way, now run along and
pack your things. we leave tomorrow morning. Once again
with all of this moving, I can't take this anymore!
I am not being a drama fish, if we continue to invade other or-
ganisms it leads to A series of outcomes. We are preying on
native species which is killing them off. If we continue to do
that, then they could go extinct. Once they go extinct there's
no going back. Not only are we preying on them, we are com-
peting with them for food and their homes. If we do some-
thing about it then the food chain will continue to be the way
it’s supposed to be, us Gobies should be eating things like
planktonic algae. We are bullying other fishes, such as the
Walleye and smallmouth bass for their food. Since we are
eating the Trout fish’s eggs, we are decreasing the amount of
Trout Fish. If we stop doing this and return to our home eve-
ryone will have their homes again and everyone will have
food to eat. Keeping the food chain circling in the correct way
with everything functioning correctly is important to all life
under the Sea and for humans too.
Gilbert, don't be a drama fish, you know that really up-
sets me!
That night Gilbert set out for the shallowest ends of
the Lake to discover the true him.
As Gilbert was swimming away from his “home” he sudden-
ly hears a loud roar above him. It’s a boat! Within seconds
Gilbert was sucked into a net. “Help, Help, I need help,
someone save me.”
“You disappear for a while and come back with these insane
stories, and expect us to believe you. How many times have I
told you that everything is ours and others must leave when
told” said Gail. “Mom don’t you understand its wrong to bully
other fish and make them move from their native home. Not
only are we hurting fish that we are telling to move, we are
harming the entire ecosystem.
Mom, Dad come quick! I just discovered our native home.
There were pictures of Grandpa Gabe and Grandma Ga-
briella, and our home is big and nice. We have to pack our
things and go, go, go!
As Gilbert was being pulled up the net, he noticed that two hu-
mans were on the boat talking about his home. “Hey Ryder, you
know what they should do?” said Alec. No what should they do?
asked Ryder. They need to place a law that limits the amount of
water transporting that we do. Water transporting will help keep
fish in balance, I heard that the Goby Fish were taking homes
from other fishes which is affecting the entire ecosystem! ex-
claimed Ryder. Goby fish should be in the Black Sea, after all that
is their native home.
Gilberts eyes lit up brighter than the sun. I knew
it, we are not supposed to be living there. We
have a spot of our own. A place that we can call
our own.
As soon as the boat transported back to his “homeland “, Gilbert
swam lightning sped to his house and busted through the sea-
weed doors and went to find his family.
“Oh no, things are continuing to get worse. I have
to move faster. The boat should be departing
soon.” That night Gilbert saw a hole in the net where he would
be able to escape the net. Gilbert was determined to find
his native home.
So it began the adventure to find the Goby families natural
home. Gilbert traveled nonstop in hope of coming upon his
family’s native home, when suddenly.. Gilbert came upon an ar-
ea that seemed to be abandoned. What appeared to be a calm
rush of water that passed along Gilbert, he felt as if he had
been to this mysterious place one hundred times by now.
At that thought, he knew he had to turn around and turn
his family’s thoughts around. As he was returning back to
where the boat had left him. He looked around and saw
other fish packing their belongings. Looking as if they
were beginning to move.
“I knew that we had a place our own, moving oth-
er fish has got to stop!” shouted Gilbert. I have to
get back to my family and tell them what I learned!
Something about this place touched his memory in a way.
He slowly inched toward the abandoned place. As he got
closer he saw something that he almost couldn’t believe!
In a picture frame was a picture of Grandpa Gabe! Next to
Grandpa Gabe was a picture of Grandma Gabriella and so
forth.