As I was sitting here catching up on my blog reading, The Governor came into the room and stood at the table behind me.
Hey Mom, look at these tiny fish!Yeah, yeah. Cool. I kept reading.
Mom! Lookit! Lookit!
Yep, just a second.
Wow, Mom! We have a whole lot of little fish now!
Great. Did you finish your lunch? And then I remembered we have four guppies in that tank. I finally turned around to look. Nine new little tiny guppies. Oh hell. I wish I had seen them first. Unfortunately, there is now a witness to their existence. Damn, damn, damn.
Upon closer inspection, I see we are missing one of the original four guppies. Where did it go? The VP is usually pretty good about keeping me informed of improptu funerals. No body floating in the tank. One of the tetras looks a little larger than I remember. No, it had to be that creepy bottom feeder. But wait - they only eat algae, right? Maybe we have a mutant bottom feeder. I hope he's still hungry; he's got nine more to go.
Guess I learned my lesson. This is the last time we adopt a portion of the classroom science project.
I suppose we'll have to keep the new ones around until they're big enough to put on a hook.
Ah HA! I may not have to worry after all. One of the larger guppies is trying to eat the new arrivals. Go, cannibal, go!
Posted by Cathy at June 6, 2006 02:13 PM