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Welcome to the Central 

Aquarium of stability! This is 

a place of happiness and 

joy! Bernie and Nina watch 

as the new comers drop into 

the clean blue water. Here 

comes Boka, then comes 

Novsky! Now there's Pod, 

and the last one is Snap!

It's okay 

to be 

different! 

Just be 

yourself! 

This is Michael Milo. He loves all of 

his fish and chooses which ones to 

join the tank with care and love! 

Michael's fish 

can only see  

out of the top of 

their home. He 

says its for their 

protection.

Even though his fish only get to 

see him when he feeds them 

they still love him very much!

All the fish in the tank are very close. Bernie 

and Nina are great friends. He thinks she is 

the nicest fish he's ever met! Nina knows 

Bernie doesn't look like the other fish but 

that's why she likes being his friend. 

Today Michael is cleaning the 

tank! They finally get to see 

the world outside! Bernie 

notices a poster on the wall 

that reads "It's Okay to be 

Different! Just be Yourself!" 

Then he notices something 

outside the tank and gets a 

wild idea!

What Bernie noticed was 

especially strange... there 

is another fish tank! Its 

right next to where he 

lives! He wondered why for 

just a second and then 

couldn't handle it anymore! 

He gobbled up more fish 

food than even he thought 

possible and jumped out of 

his home and into the 

strange tank beside it! 

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 This new tank was dirty and dark and he could 

barely see ahead of him. Bernie was very 

scared. He began to swim around to see if 

anyone was in there with him. As soon as he 

began to regret what he did and loose all hope, 

something wonderful happened!

From behind the darkness, two fish came to 

meet Bernie. Their names are Jake and Ruth! 

Bernie discovered that they were banished here 

by Michael before he even lived in his tank! 

Michael didn't like them because they were 

different. He didn't feed them daily and he 

almost never cleaned the tank. 

Bernie knew he was 

different too and 

thought that maybe 

if they came back to 

the big tank with 

him, Michael would 

see that being 

different is okay! The 

poster even said so! 

After a minute or so, 

the three of them 

jumped back into 

the big tank.

Michael had put back the walls of the 

tank while Bernie was gone and didn't 

notice him missing. The fish were 

shocked at the weird creatures Bernie 

had brought back with him. Bernie told 

them the story while Jake and Ruth 

filled their bellies. The fish were 

extremely interested in Jake but he 

kept on eating to distract himself.  

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