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Afish story at 4 a. m. the fish market was bustling with activity. masami was one of the men who wheeled in cases of tuna, crab, mussels, flounder, and eel. after bringing a load of flounder to his stall, masami was ready to prepare them for sale. since masami’s family had sold fish at the market for years, masami grew up to be a skilled fishmonger. with his blade and towel in hand, masami was just about to filet the fish when a voice came up from the pile of flounder. “ooh, that looks like it’s going to hurt,” the voice said. masami looked into the pile of fish and saw that one of the flounders was flapping about, its mouth wide open. was someone playing a trick on him? “listen, you’ve made a mistake,” the fish said. “if you let me go back into the sea, i’ll work my magic powers in your favor. i can grant you whatever you wish for.” masami couldn’t believe it. he rubbed his eyes. he still could see the fish’s mouth moving. “i’ve heard that story before,” masami said. “sure, i let you go, and then you make me rich. my wife, she’ll get greedy and ask to be the ruler over everything. eventually, the greed will drive us to poverty.” masami raised his knife. “okay, then just keep me,” the fish begged. “put me in a tank, and audiences will pay to hear me talk. we’ll travel the world ” “ha! ” masami laughed. “the world will call me a fraud. they will run me out of town.” “then let me go back to the waters so that i can produce more fish for your nets,” the fish said. “then your spawn would come back to my table and try to talk me out of preparing them for the market. i’m too busy for that. you can talk all you want, but i don’t feel bad about taking my blade to your head. i am a fishmonger, and you are a fish. we cannot change who we are. we can only do our best at what we have become.” with that, masami chopped off the fish’s head. 1 read this summary. this story is about how a fishmonger named masami handles a talking fish. masami is a skilled fishmonger. his family has been in the business for many years. masami uses a blade and a towel as his tools. he fillets the fish for the market. which statement is true about this? a. not a good summary as it includes some unimportant details and misses out on important events b. a good summary as it excludes unimportant details and includes all important events c. a good summary as it explains how a story ends

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