Hi everyone, so I haven't posted in a while...sorry. But:
About three years ago, my sister went to this little
kids' swim meet where the winner of each heat would get a fish. My sister was
really fast back then...so she got 4 fish. Well actually, she got three, but
for the last one she got second place and cried, so the fish-hander-outter gave
her another fish xD
These were all feeder fish, and two were of a different kind
(smaller). At the time, I thought they were just some cheap, ugly fish which
would die in a couple days. Needless to say, I was proven wrong...they're
probably some of the prettiest fish I've seen. Much prettier than those fish
that cost forty dollars. The two bigger fish in particular are gorgeous.
They've grown to the size of maybe...five inches? They were an inch when I
first saw them. But now, they have these long streaming translucent tails and
fins, and they have splashes of golden orange along the ridge of their back and
sides. They're so pretty :')
But, today I was doing my homework, and the door to my
bedroom was closed because the AC was on and I didn't really want the cold air
to escape from my room. My room's on the second floor, and it's always really
hot in the summer since all the heat rises...ugh. But I was homeworking, when I
vaguely heard someone screaming my name. I thought I was hallucinating, because
no one screams my name unless if they want to yell at me, and I hadn't done
anything that bad that I couldremember...so I kept working. After about five
seconds, distinctly clearer: "VIVIANNNNNN!!! VIVIANNNNN!?!?!?!? COME DOWN
RIGHT NOW!!!" So I thought, "Okay, fine. I must be in trouble for
some random thing that I forgot about." I trudged downstairs.
When I get there, I find my mom simultaneously screaming my
name while shouting into a phone to my dad (who was at NYC working) about
something with a fish. Then, I made out, "IT JUST LEAPED OUT!"
Connecting the dots, I realized that there were only 3 fish in the tank. One of
the bigger fish was gone. So, our conversation from then on:
Me: "MOM DID YOU SERIOUSLY THROW THE FISH AWAY!?"
Mom: "NOnonoooo it jumped out!"
Me: "I know it jumped out...WHERE IS IT?"
Mom: "Look under the table."
I looked under the table and saw the poor fish lying on its
side, barely moving and covered in dust. I grabbed it and plopped it in the
fish tank. For a second, I thought it was dead, but it started swimming again.
Last I saw of it, it was fine. Well, it's swimming on its side. At least it's
alive. xD But after:
Me: "How long was it there?"
Mom: "Ten minutes!"
Me: ". . . ."
Mom: "What?"
Me: "So you didn't pick it up?"
Mom: *evades question* "What do you want to have for
dinner tonight?"
And I thought I was easily grossed out... xD
