the story of shanks the crayfish
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The Story of Shanks the Rusty
Crayfish
On a bright clear pleasant spring day in a north-
ern rural Indiana town, there was a young girl
named Cheyanne and she had a pet Rusty Cray-
fish named Shanks. Cheyanne was a bright
young girl who cared about animals.
Cheyanne one day realized that Shanks is
probably not happy living in a cage, so she
took him from her large light brown house
with clear white walls and long halls outside
to her large backyard and she walked to the
lake.
Out of Cheyenne's magnificent love and care
for animals, she let Shanks go in the large
murky green lake.
When Shanks was, let go, he said “goodbye” to
Cheyanne though she didn't hear or understand
him, and she walked away. As soon as Cheyanne
left Shanks then went to explore his new home.
Shanks soon found a den of another crayfish that
had gone away to the plant store to get food.
Shanks then began working on the den to make it
his and when the crayfish, named Noble, who
had lived there came back, Shanks refused to
give him is home back.
Shanks then set the den on fire and swam away.
Then the Fish Fire department patrol also known
as the FFDP were called, after they got there they
attempted to stop the fire, though it was too late,
the house was in ruins.
After Shanks got away, he searched and searched
for a new home, and this time he would keep it to
live in. Shanks swam and swam until he found
another den, this time there was a crayfish named
Max.
Shanks then broke in and forced Max out of his
home, Shanks then said, “This is my home now
don't come back.” Soon after Shanks went to the
plant store for food and he robbed it and took al-
most all of the food.
The inhabitants of the ecosystem that relied on
the store were furious and got together to see
how they could do with Shanks. Mayor catfish
otherwise known as Johnny stated that they
should ask him nicely to stop and return the food.
Max and his friend who was a turtle named Lo-
han asked Shanks, “can you please return the
food and let Max have his home back please?”
Shanks then replied, “Okay, here is the food that
is left, though no I will not let Max have his
home back.”
Max and Lohan were thankful that Shanks did at
least give back the food, though they were a little
disappointed when they found that a large
amount of it had already been eaten, though they
chose to overlook it.
A few days after that, Shanks went to the farm
where the food was being grown and took all of
it. After the mayor and the rest of the town found
out, they were furious.
The town then had a meeting regarding what
Shanks was doing and how to stop him. The
town talked about how Shanks was destroying
the ecosystem, taking all of their food and their
homes and leaving them with nothing. The town
also talked about how several of the inhabitants
have left in hopes to find a new home without an
invasive species like Shanks living there.
The town then talked and talked and came to an
agreement on yelling at Shanks.
Mayor Johnny, Max, Lohan and several other
town residents created an angry mob and gath-
ered around Shanks' home.
They had pitchforks and torches and requested
that Shanks stop what he is doing. Shanks then
came out and said, “Fine, I'll stop causing trou-
ble, leave me alone now.” After this remark, the
town then decided that he was telling the truth
and they left and went back to their normal lives.
For several weeks Shanks did not cause any trou-
ble, though then he decided to strike. Shanks then
went and ate all of the plants at the farm, as well
as at the store and left none for the residents of
the town. The town believed this was the last
straw, they would not deal with it anymore.
The town had one last meeting at the large white
clean town hall. The mayor then explained that
Shanks had to be taken care of now. He said if
they didn't then the ecosystem of their town
would die plants and food would not come back,
though if they got rid of shanks now, the plants
would grow back and the town would have food
again.
Max, Mayor Johnny, Lohan, and several other
town residents then went to Shanks house, once
they got there they knocked on the door fero-
ciously.
Shanks then opened the door, when he did sever-
al inhabitants of the town grabbed him and threw
him out of the lake. When Shanks was put out of
the lake he felt devastated.
Shanks then had nowhere to go so he slowly
walked back to Cheyanne's home. Shanks made
it back to her house after a few hours, once he
did he waited for hours and hours for Cheyanne
to come out.
After Cheyanne came out and saw Shanks she
was in shock. Cheyanne did not think Shanks
would come back, though she took Shanks back
inside her house.
Once Shanks was taken in her house she put him
into his cage.
Later on in school Cheyanne found out that it is
a good thing Shanks came back. In school Chey-
anne learned that Shanks is an invasive species,
which means that he will take over the lake and
cause the ecosystem to die by killing the plants
and other animals.
Cheyanne learned a valuable lesson, which will
help her from causing a problem in an ecosystem
in the future.