Mother Nature and the Tales of North Fork
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Gil’s heart had been rapidly
beating the whole time Shelly was there, and he certainly struggled to stay
afloat, but after Shelly said what she just did, the water around him seemed to
boil. He had never been in water that
hot in his entire life. He was still
unaware of the fact that he was next in line to see the famous sight at
There seemed to be voices of hundreds of fish echoing around Gil while he stared at Shelly, who was smiling back at him. It was as if all of the voices surrounded them like a hurricane while they just looked at each other in the center of the storm. Gil could slightly hear things such as, “are you ready?” “excited,” “your next,” but nothing could break the connection that was formed between him and Shelly. The only possible thing that could separate this bond would be the most powerful bomb imaginable and it would have to be a real eye opener - and it came!
Out of all of the voices from all of the different fish and things that were being said, there was one phrase that flipped Gil’s whole life upside down. It was a phrase that he never knew existed. When he heard it, he instantly dropped the connection with Shelly, dropped his search for his manhood and did not care about his turn at
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About the Book
Gil is a young Bluegill fish who grew up in the Ohio River. His life took a very unexpected turn when he left the river in order to live in a creek by the name of "North Fork". There, in a much smaller area of water, big events start to occur in his life. How will Gil react to all of these things? Only he can decide. No matter what Gil does, his life may take him somewhere that he did not expect.
About the Author
E. W. Shoemaker grew up in the farmlands of Kentucky. When he was a young boy he would always look at animals in a different way. He always wondered what it would be like to live life as one of them. He graduated from Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Oh. in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion and started working as a Minister. Even though E. W. Shoemaker is an adult who works with other adults, he still has the same curiosity he had as a child concerning animals. He finally responded with this book, his first of more to come, with animals as his topic. His goal is to cause his readers to think about living the life of an animal and truly consider what it would be like!