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Les Trois Poissons

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  Three teenage sea creatures studying at Anemone High is about to graduate in a month’s time. One sunny Friday morning, all three of them sit in their own classes, their thoughts somewhere else. “Knock, knock, knock. Jules, are you with us?” The French class professor Mr. Martin calls out. “Oui,” the young lad says in a startled manner. “Monsieur Jules, Where’s your paper?” In haste, Jules the Jellyfish digs into his backpack with all of his uncouth tentacles. All of them interlaced. He now looks like a parasol. The class bursts into laughter. “Miss Garra, will you help untangle Jules?” The professor calls one of his students who belong to the doctor fish family. After he gets fixed up, Jules’ paper reaches the professor. “This topic again, Jules?” The professor stares him in the face, then reads the title of the essay, “ l'iniquité du système éducatif envers les méduses. » “It’s the most unanswered question of all, Monsieur. Why can’t my kind go to the School of F