Stripe-Personal Narrative

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When Stripe was only five pounds in weight, a man named Jeff was fishing in the river from a bank in Mohave Valley, Arizona. After a long and unsuccessful day fishing, Jeff was thinking of packing up to go home. Watching the sun go down, Jeff started thinking he was not going to catch a fish that day . Just then, the pole jerked in his hand. At last, the thrill he was waiting for was here. The fish put up quite a fight. The fish would pull the line out and Jeff would reel it back in. Sometimes it seemed as if the pole, or the line was going to break as the pole would bend in half at times. Finally, Stripe was so exhausted that he allowed Jeff to reel him in. Jeff lit up his prize with a flashlight and gazed at him with delight. Stripe didn't

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