Monday, January 16, 2006

Lucia di fishbowlnomoor

example of a gold fish with big bulgy eyes
(also known as telescope or dragon gold fish)
I had a fish just like this, named Lucia (named thoughtfully after Donizetti's tragic heroine Lucia di Lammermoor.) She was ever so adorable! Unfortunately she took after her name sake. She went mad one night and committed suicide by jumping out of the tank. It was a tragic scene the next morning when I found her lying all shriveled up on the floor with those big sad bulgy eyes starring up at me. (Who knew that you're not supposed to fill the fish tank to the extreme top.) To this day I wonder if she sang a big dramatic over the top cadenza before taking her big dramatic death leap, cause we all know that that's what a girl does when she goes mad.
Can fish sing? :)

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