Sounds Fishy

The story I am about to tell you has a tragic ending though restitution was paid in the end.  Read at your own risk.

Tuesday is play group day and today stared out like any other at play group.  We got there and the kids ran gleefully off to play with their friends while us moms had some much needed mommy chat time.  We had been there about an hour when one of their house hold went missing.  The kids searched high and low but to no avail.  When described the missing was said to have been scaly, slimy and wet (although the wet was now in question) and so a sketch was drawn up.  When seen from all angles it was apparent that the missing was indeed a fish.  Many scenarios were brought up, some thought that the fish had jumped the gun, or in this case the tank, and committed fishie-side, others thought there was fouler work afoot.  When the evidence was gathered we had water on the floor by the tank, a little boy named Isaac with a wet shirt and some spilled food.  After analyzing all of the evidence and talking to witnesses the conclusion was drawn that perhaps one little boy in a wet shirt could shed some light on the whereabouts of the missing.   Isaac was brought to the table and after much questioning, confessed.  The little fish had in fact been flushed down the toilet to the ocean to battle sharks and hop jellyfish in accordance to the documentary entitled Finding Nemo. 

We now knew that the family beta was taking a long journey to the ocean according to Isaac.  Alas as with many stories the ocean wasn't at the end of this tunnel and we had to explain to Isaac that he had flushed the fish to his death.  In restitution Isaac was required to pay for a new fish for his friend and took out a loan with Mom. 

The moral of this story is keep your fishies close and your little boys closer.