But Freddie was determined to make his dream come true. Every day, he would swim up to the surface of the ocean and watch the birds fly in the sky. He would study their wings and their movements, trying to figure out how he could fly too.
One day, while Freddie was swimming near the shore, he saw a seagull swoop down and catch a fish in its beak. Freddie was terrified and swam away as fast as he could. But as he swam, he noticed something amazing - the seagull was flying with the fish in its beak! It was like the fish was flying too!
Excited and inspired by what he had seen, Freddie raced back to his friends and family to tell them the news. "I saw it with my own eyes," he exclaimed. "Fish can fly!"
But his friends and family still didn't believe him. "You're just imagining things, Freddie. Fish can't fly."
Undeterred, Freddie decided to take matters into his own fins. He spent every moment he could practicing his swimming and jumping, trying to find a way to break through the surface and fly like the birds.
At first, his attempts were clumsy and awkward. But with each try, he got a little bit better. And then one day, as he leaped out of the water with all his might, he felt something different - he felt like he was flying!
Freddie soared through the air, feeling the wind rushing through his scales and the sun on his face. He had done it! He had flown!
Ecstatic, Freddie returned to his friends and family to show them what he had learned. But this time, they were amazed. They couldn't believe what they were seeing - a fish that could fly!
Freddie had finally proven to everyone that anything is possible if you just believe in yourself and never give up on your dreams. From that day on, Freddie was known throughout the ocean as the little fish who could fly.
And whenever other fish would come to him, asking how he did it, Freddie would simply smile and say, "You just have to keep trying, keep practicing, and never give up. Anything is possible if you believe in yourself."