William attempted suicide. I KNOW!!! I was shocked. I mean he has a great life, which includes me so what does he have to be upset about?
I guess he could be upset that his water was low...but come on! When my room gets messy so does his bowl so he needs to deal with it right? Wrong. He tries to find a way out. So sad his little life came to this. It made me feel like a bad person.
I finally saw how depressed he was and how he would ignore me more than usual (I think he's been picking up some tips from Molly on how to ignore the people that love you and feed you.) but the thing that made me really take an interest in taking the time to clean his disgusting bowl was seeing that whenever he moved his fin would come out of the water a little. Poor William.
I was going to bed and was feeding him when I realized I needed to help a guy out. I wrote on my message board "SAVE WILLIAM!!!"
The next day I proceeded to do so, but when I was transferring the little fella from his nastiness into a clean cupful of water he jumped ship! I was talking to Emily on the phone and was so scared. I put her down on the counter and tried desperately to pick up William, who seemed intent on lying on the counter until he was as dry as it was. Every time I would pick him up he would wiggle away and my mind sped..."How long can he survive without water?" "This is really gross." "I can't lose him, I'd be a failure." "I'm not sure I like the way he feels." "One Mississippi...two Mississippi...three Mississippi..how long do I have?"
Finally, I screamed at him to let me pick him up and he did! I don't know how big a fish's brain is to begin with, but he must have lost some brain cells to give in and obey me. Holy Hannah! I was so relieved that he wasn't going to die.
William's bowl is clean, he's getting fed and his colors coming back. This fish has gone through rehab twice now. Once for being anorexic and not eating his food and now for this. I may have to watch him more carefully this time around so that he doesn't go off the deep end and shave his head or something.
Just keep swimming!
7 comments:
Holy Moly! Your fish has problems! You need to keep an eye on that little fella! Poor William!
I did not even know about little William. Is it a Beta? We used to have a Beta and let me tell you they thrive in dirty water that is too low. Seriously I believe it. Our fish would not die no matter how low and dirty it got. THey are gutter fish!
The worst type of person....
It was intense! Poor Ashleigh...I almost wrote poor William...but really he was pretty nervey doing that to you! I am glad you saved him, it was getting pretty desperate on the phone, glad things worked out cause I would not have known what to say! I was worried he had gone down the drain!!!
Perhaps you should lodge William in the toilet! ha ha ha Oh I am soooo funny.
HAHAHAHA I loved this. I have to say I was concerned when I started reading. My only thought was the whale, which I think was your intention, but as I read on I figured it out. Then I remembered when I tried to throw away nasty Jessie's nasty fish in the toilet and Kaleigh walked in and caught me in the act.
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