......... watching a pet grow fat and happy in your care?
Last summer I was at the fair and won two goldfish and they told me to choose. I picked Bianca because she was a pretty snowy white. Then I felt guilty for wanting a pretty one. That's when I saw Luigi. He was grey-ish brown and ordinary looking to say the least. But he was staring at me, so intently. So I had to have him.
When I got them home, I really didn't expect them to live out the night. My one prior experience with goldfish was getting two for my birthday and them dying by Christmas. My birthday is Dec. 23rd. Do the math.
But Bianca and Luigi seemed to adapt to their new little home right away. The started growing bigger, and when I upgraded their food, Luigi changed from dingy grey-brown to resplendant orangy-gold.
Last night, Bianca and Luigi moved into their new big tank. First thing they did was cower behind a plant, Luigi hovering protectively above Bianca, while they scoped out the new digs. After a few minutes, you could see that something had dawned on Luigi. He went from, "Oh no, this space is so big, it's scary!" to "Hmmmm. This space is so big, I bet I could dart around and not hit anything."
He sorta twitched sideways like a rambuctious colt. Then after a moment's hesitation, he darted across the tank. Then back to Bianca who was watched, wide-eyed. He wiggled happily her face, like, "OHMYGOSH, DID YOU SEE THAT!?!?"
After that, there was no stopping them. This morning they were still flitting around, then wiggling up to each other, as if to say, "Look what I can do!"
I feel really good about myself this morning.
Last summer I was at the fair and won two goldfish and they told me to choose. I picked Bianca because she was a pretty snowy white. Then I felt guilty for wanting a pretty one. That's when I saw Luigi. He was grey-ish brown and ordinary looking to say the least. But he was staring at me, so intently. So I had to have him.
When I got them home, I really didn't expect them to live out the night. My one prior experience with goldfish was getting two for my birthday and them dying by Christmas. My birthday is Dec. 23rd. Do the math.
But Bianca and Luigi seemed to adapt to their new little home right away. The started growing bigger, and when I upgraded their food, Luigi changed from dingy grey-brown to resplendant orangy-gold.
Last night, Bianca and Luigi moved into their new big tank. First thing they did was cower behind a plant, Luigi hovering protectively above Bianca, while they scoped out the new digs. After a few minutes, you could see that something had dawned on Luigi. He went from, "Oh no, this space is so big, it's scary!" to "Hmmmm. This space is so big, I bet I could dart around and not hit anything."
He sorta twitched sideways like a rambuctious colt. Then after a moment's hesitation, he darted across the tank. Then back to Bianca who was watched, wide-eyed. He wiggled happily her face, like, "OHMYGOSH, DID YOU SEE THAT!?!?"
After that, there was no stopping them. This morning they were still flitting around, then wiggling up to each other, as if to say, "Look what I can do!"
I feel really good about myself this morning.
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We have a team fish at work. I look forward to saying hello to Alphie Beta every morning.
My four fish died after their filter broke when I was away, for which I feel permanently guilty. Well technically only two of them died and I *guilt* didn't have enough money to repair the tank filter so the other two were returned to the ocean from whence they came, though I doubt they survived the 75 mile trip through the sewers.
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