The Fish

Stockton has been working hard on being responsible. For a reward, and for something else to show how responsible he can be, we got him a fish. Stockton was beyond excited! He had something to call his own and to display his ability to care for something. He adored the little fish and continually fed it, cared for it.... he even talked to it every morning. He had the fish for about 1 week and it came time to clean it's bowl. He did everything so carefully, and was proud of his accomplishments as a fish owner. He put the fish in it's proper place and headed off to school. Little curious Zander decided that a fish shouldn't be kept in a fish bowl, actually, we aren't sure what he thought, but he decided to give the fish some freedom. He took the bowl up to the kitchen sink, and poured the entire bowl down the drain, fish included. Ops!
Stockton was quit disappointed, but not angry.... isn't that just like Stockton? He patiently waited for Mom to purchase a new fish for him to care for. A new fish was purchased and Stockton was overjoyed. He decided to keep the fish safe in his room, away from curious little fingers. Stockton got the bowl all ready, tucked the fish into bed for the night and went to sleep dreaming happy fish dreams. The next morning, mom came in to wake him to to get him ready for school. The room was still dark as she woke him up. She then headed to the bowl to see how the little fishy was doing. But to her surprise, she couldn't see the fish any where in the bowl. "Stocks, I don't see the fish?" Stockton hopped out of bed and peered into the empty water. He then turned on his bedroom light and again looked into the empty bowl. Sure enough, there was no fish.... plenty of fresh clean water, but no fish swimming happily about. They looked to the ground, wouldn't you know it, the fish was laying on the floor.... all dried up and motionless. Stockton looked down and saw the fish. He just stared at it for a while and said, "I didn't even get a chance to feed it once. Silly fish, I guess he took a big jump.... his last jump!"