The Endlessly Exciting Story of Jeffy the Goldfish

Jeffy was an ordinary goldfish with orange scales and big eyes. He was ordinary down to

his very gills, however, Jeffy had a terrific memory for a goldfish. Jeffy could remember

everything as far back as just before he hatched from his egg. Within a few hours of hatching,

Jeffy noticed that the other fish in the bowl couldn’t remember anything for more than seven or

eight minutes. He realized that he was different from everyone else in this small tank. Jeffy

became tired of his every day routine of introducing himself every so often and getting fed the

terrible flakes that the Great Pink One would give to them twice a day. One exceptionally boring

day Jeffy noticed a new fishbowl next to the one he was in. It was then that this intelligent,

young goldfish had a wondrous and daring idea. He decided he would leave this boring lot of

ordinary goldfish and start a new, more exciting life for himself. So Jeffy went to the farthest

point away from the other bowl and used every muscle in his tiny body to leave this life behind.

Suddenly, there was no water and no way to breathe but this only lasted one long, agonizing

moment and he was in his own fishbowl. This was great! No more endless reintroductions or

unfinished conversations. There was so much room, too! He could swim wherever he wanted.

It was wonderful for about an hour. That was when the loneliness kicked in. There was nobody

to talk to or play with. So it was then that Jeffy decided that he would go back to the old

fishbowl. He prepared himself for the jump and erupted out of the water.

TO BE CONTINUED……