a fish called wanda

i met a fish today. i am no expert on fish, so i can't tell you what kind it was, but i can tell you that she was orange and big. and that i named her wanda.

wanda was the most playful fish. she would hide behind her seaweed and various other water-dwelling plants and then suddenly she would pop out! and i know it's difficult to make and decipher sudden movements in water, but her "popping out" motion was very definitive. then in her haste of trying to surprise me, she would bonk her fish lips on the side of the aquarium. she actually almost got stuck between a rock and some seaweed because she wedged herself in there to hide herself. once she dislodged herself, she chased my finger along the side of the aquarium and swam impressively fast to do so.

this fish was more fun than my cat sometimes. i thought about fish-napping it but figured scout would probably try to eat her, or at the very least, try to set wanda free by flushing her down the toilet so that we would pay attention to her again. so wanda will stay where she is. i look forward to visiting her again, the next time we go to the mechanic to get our car tuned up.