Once upon a time a little boy named Alex was making a canoe in school. Every day he worked on it. He named me Flopper. In the spring he got done building and painting me and finally released me into the Sandhill River I was scared at first all alone on a river then I saw a fish in the river. I made it to Beltrami. I saw a catfish and a moose. In fall I made it to the Red River I saw a fisherman and his dog. He was drinking water from a water bottle. They caught a bass. I saw a bat at night that was really scary. Then I got touched by a fish. It was day and I saw a frog and it had tadpoles. I saw a snake and a moose too. In summer I made it to Grand Forks I saw an old guy with a cap and a water bottle and a dog The fisher from the Red River He was fishing and he caught a catfish and then saw me. He thought I was cool and kept me for about 5 weeks. He looked at me and read the bottom of me Please return me to the water so I can make it to the ocean. In winter he dropped me off in Canada but first he repaired me and put a nice copper bottom on me and made new words on the bottom of me saying Im Flopper and I want to make it to the OCEAN He dropped me in Lake Winnipeg. It was really cold. It was winter in Canada. I saw a beaver and a polar bear and a nice cool icy lake. I saw a lot of cool things but the coolest was a killer whale. In spring I was still floating in Lake Winnipeg. I saw a white fish and suckers and a wolf. Luckily he did not see me. I saw a huge boat. And I heard a guy saying We are going to the Atlantic Ocean boys I was so excited. Then it was fall. I made it to the Nelson River. Well we did. The guys driving the huge boat saw a timber wolf and that was it. It was night and the boat stopped and saw a beluga whale. All the people on the boat pulled out their phones. And all the weight tipped the boat over There was a huge splash Some people were happy Some were scared Some were mad The boat got flipped back over again and I ended up okay. I was picked up by a little kid in a different boat and he kept me for a while. Summer came and I had made it to Hudson Bay The little kid who picked me up was Alex the guy who made me He saw the coat of paint and the copper on the bottom. He put me in his room on the boat and I could still view the water. I saw a seal and a black bear. The boat was small about 50 to 60 feet long. In order to sail on the Atlantic Ocean they needed a bigger boat. In winter he took me out of the sailboat and placed me on a shelf in his house until spring. In spring he boarded the new sailboat and started making it to the Atlantic Ocean. I made it to the Atlantic Ocean He put me in the water and said Bye Flopper