Monday, September 22, 2008

Our Pet

Our family pet is a Betta Fish... our fourth fish, our second Betta, to be exact. He? She? lives in a glass fish bowl that sits on the kitchen counter. Our constant observer, our fly on the wall. If Betta Fish could talk imagine the stories.

Last week Tukes told me that his? her? name is jesus. A few days later he changed the name to Elmo. Keep in mind that the child who is doing the fish naming is also the child who insists that his own name is Pop.

The professor tells me that he? she? is nearsighted. He routinely guides the fishy fish to his? her? food with his finger.

So there you have it. The family pet is a nearsighted Betta Fish whose name is subject to the whims of a two-year-old. Our loyal companion observer.