Well I have some news... the "Flippin Fish" as he was so popularly call has been retired. No not dead... he just doesn't do tricks anymore. AND NOT FOR THE LACK OF TRYIN!
For those of you who have no earthly idea what I'm talking about, I have a fish... named "Fish" and he likes to jump out of the water like a dolphin! All I have to do is hold my fingers right above the water and he'll jump up to touch it. He knows if he does this, that he'll get food. So this has been a long running tradition in our house. He jumps like a "flippin fish" and I giggle like a school girl.
The other night however, I screamed blood murder when he jumped so high and hard that he slammed against my hand and fell about 4 1/2 feet to the ground and started floppin all over the ground in our kitchen. Thankfully the "survival" insticts that I had been harboring for the fish, kicked in, and I scooped him up with two hands and carefully put him back into the water.It was tramatic... for both of us.
What if our cats had gotten to him? I think I would have then cried like a school girl.
Needless to say, the tricks are over. I open the lid quickly and drop the food promptly so he doesn't have time to jump before being distracted by the tasty treats... poor thing...
Anyways, if you got to see the trick, consider yourself lucky, for this will happen no more. FYI
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