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HEADS IN CARMICHAEL AND HELPING THE NEIGHBORS FIND HOPE. IN THE MENAGERIE OF MISSING PET SIGNS, ONE STANDS OUT. A LITERAL FISH OUT OF WATER. A WARNING TO NOT CHASE BECAUSE HE MIGHT ACT AGGRESSIVE. >> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SIXTH-GRADERS HAVE TIME ON THEIR HANDS. >> I WAS JUST REALLY BORED SO I CREATED THIS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. >> HE SAID, I HAVE THE SIGN AND I’M GOING TO PUT IT UP. HE MADE ANY MAIL FOR AND I SAID, OK. DEIRDRE: HE PUT UP 40 SIGNS. >> WE STARTED GETTING EMAILS. DEIRDRE: EMAILS LIKE SAW CHARLIE A MED IF YOU DRIVE. HOPE HE SWIMS HOME. >> PEOPLE MAKING THEIR OWN SIGNS, I DID NOT EXPECT THAT. HE DID ACT AGGRESSIVELY STUFF LIKE THAT. DEIRDR OR WE REGRET TO ENJOY TO INFORM YOU HE IS FIGHTING FOR GOLDFISH FREEDOM. >> I DID NOT EXPECT THEM TO MAKE THEIR OWN SIGNS OR WRITING ON THE SIDEWALK. THAT WAS WEIRD. DEIRDRE: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SPENT THIS MUCH TIME WALKING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? MAYBE WE ARE TAKING MORE TIME TO STOP AND LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THIS AND SEE WITH THE ACTUALLY SAY. >> IT IS NICE TO BE ABLE TO, NOT ONLY ON YOUR WALK, BUT SEE SOMETHING SOMEBODY CREATED AND YOU KNOW THERE’S PROBABLY NOT A LOST FISH OUT THERE. [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW IT IS SILLY AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR AND IT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY. DEIRDRE: AS FOR WHAT’S NEXT FOR CHARLIE -- >> I DON’T THINK HE WILL BE FOUND BUT HE WILL BE CITED A LET MORE. DEIRDRE: SORRY, CHARLIE.