A Love Story

Blueray, our beloved fish passed away. We believe he was sucked into the filter but since we only saw him floating there who really knows.  As I posted before, we struggled with whether or not to tell Aid the truth. It seemed so easy to just replace the little fish and no one would be the wiser.  My plan was to replace the fish once and if it died again, I was going to have to fess up to Aid.

But then I told the lie. And he looked at me with those big brown eyes of his and started asking all sorts of questions and I couldn't do it. So I sat down and had "the talk".  "Blueray died, " I explained. "We don't know why or how people and things die, they just do. It's just life" I started. He proceeded to ask me some follow up questions. Eventually I asked him if he would like to get another fish or if he needed some time to think about it. Well, this is Aid so he was immediately relieved that he got to go to the store to pick out another fish!

We ended up with a reddish Betta that we named Redford. We also nabbed a little fish for Grant. Grant's fish was immediately returned to the store after I watched Redford stalk and headbutt the little thing for 30 minutes. He looked petrified. Redford is not a gentle soul like our Blueray. He's a mean little bastard. I swear that you could see how happy the little fish (who was named Fish) was when he was returned to his school of fish at the store!

So then I asked another employee if there was a type of fish that could be in a tiny little aquarium with our little Redford. I was initially told that 'Fish' would be fine with him. This time I was told no. But we could get a frog or a crab (for $2). The lady promised me that the frog required less care then the fish. So now we have our Frog, named Frog, and our Beta named, Redford. They swim and frolic together and seem to get along swimmingly.

On our way back from the store, Aid asked another follow up question...."Mama, when Redford dies, can I get another fish?"

Glad to see this didn't hit you too hard kiddo.