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=**__Peculiar Pets in Mrs. Faust’s Class__**=

“Mrs. Faust, why don’t we have a class pet?” a curious fourth grader asked his teacher one Monday morning. “I don’t know,” his teacher responded. “Perhaps it is because no one has ever asked me before.” “Well, I am asking you now. Can we get a class pet?” Mrs. Faust thought for a moment. She began envisioning a small fish tank with a few goldfish swimming around or a little cage containing a gerbil nestled in some wood shavings. Those were the types of pets she remembered from the classrooms that she was in when she was a child. “I am open to the idea,” she said. “Hey everyone,” the student announced, “Mrs. Faust said that we could get a class pet!” The classroom went wild as the students began buzzing about the ideal pet for their class. “We should get an iguana!” “How about a snake?” “I want a cuddly bunny rabbit!” The chatter became louder and louder as the excitement grew. Mrs. Faust began to realize that she was going to have a difficult time choosing a pet that would please all of her students. Suddenly, she thought of an idea. “Class, I can tell that many of you have suggestions about what type of pet would be best for our classroom. I think that you should all do some research and make a proposal for why your suggested pet would be best suited for our class. We will then vote on the best proposal and the winner will be our chosen class pet.”