# Long shot short story ID

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-short-story-id/818101>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 17, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-short-story-id/818101 "2018-07-17T18:23:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-short-story-id/818101/1 "2018-07-17T18:23:55Z")

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I have asked about this before on here but it was a long time ago and a run of other story id threads encouraged me to try again.

Here is what I remember:

The story was read to me in a creative writing class in the early 90s but it was from a book of short stories; it wasn’t written by someone in the class. The lesson was on perspectives and this story was from the perspective of a fish. It used very simplistic language and grammar to suggest the simpler brain of a fish and it was mostly about how the fish would compete with its brothers and sisters for food. It repeated a line like, “I am hungry; I must eat” over and over.

Any one recognize this?

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-short-story-id/818101/2 "2018-07-24T19:57:29Z")

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Just giving this one bump…I figured it was hopeless but who knows.