The Life of Jaws

I knew I wanted to blog about this when it happened, though it has taken me a few days to get to it. Last week, my very large goldfish that has been with my family for over a year clearly demonstrated the "fish out of water" effect. Up til that one morning, we had four fish, Jaws, a large goldfish, Wilson, a white and red cousin to the goldfish, and two others that I never cared to learn their names because they are Heather's fish. Anyways, we all knew the fish have grown rapidly over this past year and were outgrowing their tank, especially Jaws. We always joked about them jumping out of the tank because we've seen them jump to the top of the water, but swim quickly right back down.

Well, I was getting ready for school one early morning when I heard my mom return home from her night audit at a local hotel, when I heard my mom say: "OH, NOO!" Obviously, I was startled and asked what happened and what was wrong. She said Jaws was laying on the floor about four feet from the tank by the kitchen door. In the middle of the night, Jaws must have jumped a little to far up out of the water, to his death, on the kitchen hardwood floors and flip-flopped for about four more feet. Imagine how scared he was when he landed. I cannot even stand the thought of drowning and that is exactly what Jaws experienced, but in air. If only someone was downstairs when it happened! Then, perhaps someone, even myself, would have been there to hear his fall and quickly pick him back up and put him back into the tank.

I can't old anyone responsible, but I was shocked and a little sad. I knew he was too big for the tank, but I didn't think he was big enough to accomplish such a leap.
I definitely am not going to purchase another fish though in his place. Jaws will be missed, but I still have Wilson!