My daughter had an aquarium in our dining room with a variety of fish. Fish regularly die, as anyone who has had dime store fish can tell you. Our first one was won at a county fair, and subsequent ones were no more precious. We had a lot of fish funerals in those days. I wanted to flush them so they could join in the great water, but my daughter insisted on wrapping them in aluminum foil and burying them.
I can’t go on to write about Everett without mentioning a highlight of the pet funeral sagas. Our turtle had died in the fall from pneumonia, I think, and we had buried him in the back yard. In the spring my daughter and her friends came in with the astonishing news that the turtle had gone to Heaven. When I asked how they knew, they somberly replied that they had dug him up and he was gone!
Anyway, one summer vacation Everett babysat our fish. I neglected to tell him that they regularly went to the fish farm in the sky. When we came back, my daughter was thrilled to see that the fish had multiplied. Instead of six fish, we now had twelve. Later Everett confessed that they had all died and that he and his friend had gone to a pet store and restocked the tank. He couldn’t remember how many there had been, but he figured twelve was a good number. We never did let her in on the miracle!
Oh man what a great blog this was to read👍 I love the things that go on in a child’s mind it reminds me of my young days. Such a cute story you shared🙂
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Thanks. I love the things they come up with.
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Fish funerals remind me of the Cosby Show episode when they had a funeral for Rudy’s fish.
Love the innocence of children, believing that fish go to heaven 😊
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And who’s to say they don’t?
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What a lovely post. Aren’t children just so delightful in their innocence, Elizabeth.
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And then they turn 15! LOL
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Yes, that is true but we love them madly which is why it is hard.
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27 years on from that dreadful year, my daughter bought the house next door, talks to me all the time and even took a trip just with me for my 70th birthday. Keep the faith!
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It’s seriously the greatest
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