A Fish's Tale: part 1

         The coffee machine whirred and the T.V. blurted out the news as Curt the fish swam around and around in his small fish tank. He would've yawned, but goldfish don't yawn. Curt was unexplainably bored. He'd been in his new home for just a week and he was bored to death. There was nothing to do except swim through a big rock with holes in it and watch bubbles coming out of a fake shipwreck. At first, Curt had been excited about his new home, and had watched the bubbles with much interest. But now Curt just wished the ship- and the rock- would be replaced by something new. Just then, Curt noticed something- Mallo the snake next to him had managed to push the top of his cage off and was climbing out! Curt started to panic. Mallo could easily slither over to his bowl, reach in and- BANG! Mallo had knocked over the pan that Curt's mistress used to keep his fish food in when she once accidentally spilled it. Curt begged for his owner to come running to find Mallo out of his cage. He swam around, frightened and begging for mercy. But she didn't come. Little did he know, she was at a baby shower at her friend's place. Mallo was leaning over Curt now, menacingly hissing, "Say hello to my stomach, fishy! TO BE CONTINUED....