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The Rainbow Fish
Rainbow Fish, with his beautiful sparkling silver scales, was the most beautiful fish in the ocean. Despite Rainbow Fish's beauty, he was not happy; this was because he had no friends. When he thoughtlessly hurt the feeling of one of his many admirers, the other fish in the ocean began to ignore him. Rainbow Fish's beautiful scales are the most important thing in the ocean to him. Because of this he was faced to decide whether his beauty is more important than having friends. Rainbow Fish gets some very good advice from a wise octopus and learns what real happiness and belonging to friendship really is. He then changes hes life and shares his scales and treats everyone as an equal, which makes him feel as if he belongs.The Rainbow Fish
PLOT: Rainbow Fish, with his beautiful sparkling silver scales, was the most beautiful fish in the ocean. Despite Rainbow Fish's beauty, he was not happy; this was because he had no friends. When he thoughtlessly hurt the feeling of one of his many admirers, the other fish in the ocean began to ignore him. Rainbow Fish's beautiful scales are the most important thing in the ocean to him. Because of this he was faced to decide whether his beauty is more important than having friends. Rainbow Fish gets some very good advice from a wise octopus and learns what real happiness and belonging to friendship really is. He then changes hes life and shares his scales and treats everyone as an equal, which makes him feel as if he belongs.

Into the wild
PLOT: After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Into The Wild is the story of a young man Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) who is trying to break away from the norm’s of society and the overbearing influence that his
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