Jose the fish...

Once upon a time, there lived a little fish named Jose. Jose loved "jawbreakers". For those of you unfamiliar with jawbreakers, they are large round and hard candy that disolves as you suck on them.

Jose's mother knew of his love for jawbreakers and warned him of the dangers of eating jawbreakers that had strings attached to them. "Jose", she said one day "I warn you of the dangers of eating jawbreakers that have strings attached to them."

"Silly mother", thought Jose "She doesn't know what she's talking about. What's so bad about eating jawbreakers that have strings attached to them? It's just a little string."

So one day, little Jose was skipping school (get it? School? Like, school of fish?) and swimming in waters he knew he shouldn't be in. Little Jose's mother had warned him of these waters many times. "Jose, I warn you of those waters. Those waters are where bad things happen to good fish."

"Silly mother", thought Jose, "She doesn't know what she's talking about. These waters seem perfectly fine."

Just then, Jose saw something a little off in the distance. Curiously, Jose swam closer and closer so that he could see what the object was. It was...it was...A JAWBREAKER. "I love jawbreakers!", shouted Jose. "But what's that?", thought Jose. There at the top was string attached, which rose up and up and up until Jose could not see it any longer.

"Hmm...", thought Jose. His mother's voice played in the back of his mind, "I warn you of the dangers of eating jawbreakers that have strings attached to them." "What does she know? I'm almost six years old. I can take care of myself. Besides, I love jawbreakers sooooooooooooo much."

So slowly Jose crept up to the jawbreaker. Jose stuck his tongue out and just slightly touched the jawbreaker. Then a little larger lick, then he gulped the whole thing into his mouth. "IT'S DELICIOUS!!!" It was the best tasting jawbreaker Jose had ever had. Never mind the discomfort of having a string sticking out of his mouth, the flavor was amazing.

Jose sucked and sucked on the jawbreaker. It was a taste sensation in ball form. After a while, Jose started to notice a little sore spot in his mouth. "Never mind", he thought, "This jawbreaker is so good that I won't worry about a little sore spot."

Over time, the sore spot got sorer and sorer. "Well, I'll just suck on it a little while longer. It tastes sooooooo good." Pretty soon, the soreness became unbearable. "I need to spit this out, my mouth hurts so bad." So Jose tried to spit the jawbreaker out, but it would not come out. No matter how he tried, he could not get the jawbreaker out of his mouth.

Jose tried to see what the matter was. "What's that?", cried Jose. He saw that as the jawbreaker melted away, that it revealed that the string was attached to something shiny. Jose could barely make it out, but then he realized. "IT'S A HOOK!"

And with that, the string began to tighten and pull Jose up and up and up. Jose could not break free from the trap. Up and up and up he went...

That was the end of Jose the fish. That little naughty fish that wouldn't listen to his wise mother.
So, little children, remember to never touch anything with strings that are attached, for you may just find yourself hooked. Just like little Jose the fish.

The end.