Oscar the Decorator

Oscar loved the Monterey Bay Aquarium. His cousin Omar took him there every Sunday afternoon. They would use their grandparent's yearly pass. The cashier never cared to ask why they looked so young and just appreciated that their happy faces added a little more color to the crowd. Oscar's favorite exhibit was the petting zoo where you were aloud to actually touch the animals. How clever, he thought they were.
One evening after school Oscar crawled into a garbage bag, poked his head and arms through the sides, attached branches as arms and wore cardboard boxes on his feet. He then scampered around the surrounding trailer park trying to hide from the residents. It wasn't till eight o'clock that night that his mother came home from work and realized what was going on. She scolded him and asked why he did it. He replied that the Decorator Crab or Cyclocoeloma Tuberculata does the same for survival.
There was no aquarium trip with his cousin that weekend. Instead, Oscar stayed home watched 4 cartoons and 64 commercials, then helped his mother in the garden. Oscar thought about his animal friends and if they thought about him. Maybe they missed him, like he did them. He became frustrated with his mom and wanted to cry. That night he designed the first underwater trailer mankind had ever seen and made plans to live under the sea for the rest of his life.