What Happened To The Pond?
Personal memory by Ryan Pierce
2007 • Michigan, USA
Where I lived, there was a pond behind my house that was full of fish and turtles and many animals. It was a beautiful pond and me and my friends would play there as children. Now there are no turtles and the fish are much fewer.
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