Fishy Fish Found Dead
So when the CFO returned to Cary last Sunday, she astutely observed that Fishy Fish was not in her bowl. Suzy Q was in the mountains with Sam and me. In fact, no one was at home except Fishy Fish. Hmmmm. Someone obviously had stolen our beloved Fishy Fish!
However, upon further inspection Fishy Fish was found, the victim of an apparent goldfish suicide. For reasons unknown (no suicide note has been found), Fishy Fish had jumped out of the bowl and landed on the slate hearth where she/he became badly dehydrated over a period of several days.
In lieu of a proper funeral, the CFO threw the body unceremoniously into the kitchen garbage before I returned. So it is that Fishy Fish now lies buried in the Cary dump, under a pile of refuse.
What could possibly cause a bottom-feeding carp to make like a rainbow trout catching flies in the air? She was well fed. Her water was changed regularly. My guess, in retrospect, is stark boredom.
With the exception of occasional fights with Suzy Q, Fishy Fish lived a pretty dull life. Having survived being eaten by her mother and father as fry, she spent her early days in a crowded aquarium at Wal-Mart until she was taken to live a solitary, but terror filled, life in a fishbowl.
Had she be able to hold on for just one more week, she would have been living the life of Riley with Sam Walton, 28 Cents and Plain Jane in the pond on the mountain.
Sad but true.
However, upon further inspection Fishy Fish was found, the victim of an apparent goldfish suicide. For reasons unknown (no suicide note has been found), Fishy Fish had jumped out of the bowl and landed on the slate hearth where she/he became badly dehydrated over a period of several days.
In lieu of a proper funeral, the CFO threw the body unceremoniously into the kitchen garbage before I returned. So it is that Fishy Fish now lies buried in the Cary dump, under a pile of refuse.
What could possibly cause a bottom-feeding carp to make like a rainbow trout catching flies in the air? She was well fed. Her water was changed regularly. My guess, in retrospect, is stark boredom.
With the exception of occasional fights with Suzy Q, Fishy Fish lived a pretty dull life. Having survived being eaten by her mother and father as fry, she spent her early days in a crowded aquarium at Wal-Mart until she was taken to live a solitary, but terror filled, life in a fishbowl.
Had she be able to hold on for just one more week, she would have been living the life of Riley with Sam Walton, 28 Cents and Plain Jane in the pond on the mountain.
Sad but true.
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