One sunny day, Oliver Anderson Johnson II, or Ollie as his friends called him(if he had any friends), was walking home from school alone. When he got to his home on the coast, he was greeted to his over-excited, and over protective, mother. Now, Ollie knew that she was only like this because he was a bit curious, or noisy as she puts it, and she wanted to keep her baby safe. However she could be quite confusing at times, as much as she wanted to keep her baby near, she also pushed him to make new friends at his school. As soon as Ollie walked in, he was pestered with questions like, “How was your day?”, “Did you make any new friends?” “How much homework do you have?” “What would my baby like for supper?” Most of the time Ollie would just sigh and say, “Fine”, “No”, “Not much”, and “I don’t care, whatever you want”. But today was …show more content…
All different varieties, eating sole, flounder, sculpin, hake, cod, and herring are some of my everyday favorites. And on special occasions I really like octopus or squid!” exclaimed Ollie.
“See Ollie, your diet plays a very important part in the ecosystem whether you know it or not. Not only do these fish that you feed on keep you healthy, but by you consuming them it keeps the pyramid of food in balance so that these fish populations do not get over populated. This is important because if these populations became overpopulated not only would this throw off the balance of the food pyramid, but it would also make the waters very crowded and possibly harm other species that live in our ecosystem.”
Surprised, Ollie thought to himself “That’s actually kind of interesting!” Mrs. Swenson then proceeded to elaborate on the food pyramid of their specific ecosystem. She used her scale model to show Ollie how the food pyramid worked better. The more Ollie listened the more he understood, but soon he had a question and he asked, “Mrs. Swenson, what happens if we were to throw off the food pyramid? What would