The Tale Of The Tropical Fish…You Just Gotta Laugh!!!!

This is the tale of the tropical fish,
With white spot disease that isn't an STD!!!
But more, it's a bit of a parasite,
And it kills the fish dead you see!
Now my daughter loves her fish,
And I don't mean with her chippy tea!
But rather, in her aquarium tank,
Where of course, tropical fish should be!

Now I had a panicky phone call,
From my daughter, very late at night!
‘Oh mum!' She shouted, ‘Keep Rich on the phone!'
‘Cos I've had an awful fright!!'
So we are in a 3 way telephone call!
While she was almost in tears,
She told us what had happened,
And said she had many fears!

Her fears were her fish may die,
And she didn't know what to do!
So she wanted to chat to Rich about it!
Cos she hasn't really got a clue!
But my Rich was on the case,
Cos he's a bit of an expert you see!
He loves the animal kingdom, and fish!
So he discussed the problem with me!

And I relayed the conversation;
From one phone to the other!
With a phone stuck to each ear…
We heard her shout! ‘Oh mother!!!'
‘Another fish just died on me!'
‘And it's floating to the top!'
‘How do I save them from their fate!'
‘What can I do to make it stop?'

Well of course, there's nowt can be done,
For the parasite takes control…
So the fish they all died, one by one,
As to the top of the tank they'd roll!
Poor she was in distress and tearful!
While all I could do was laugh out loud!
Not about the poor fish dying of course!
But the situation, so it's allowed!!

‘Oh mum, ask Rich what I can do!'
My daughter said to me!
And so I did, and his reply was…
‘She has to listen to me!'
‘Cos all the fish will die a death,'
‘That won't be very nice at all!'
‘So she has to take them out of the tank!'
‘Cos those fish will take a fall!'

But she couldn't do it!
Said she couldn't murder her fish!
So she said she hoped, upon hope!
She would get her wish!
And that wish was that all would be ok!
So that no more fish would die!
But alas, the end result was…
Their demise brought a tear to her eye!

But next day we found a baby fish!
So tiny that I thought it was fish pooh!
But she insisted it wasn't that!
So we did what we had to do!
We put our hands in the water,
And ‘fished' around in that tank!
But as we did, the leaves all moved,
It was awful, cos the water stank!

Well, I guess it didn't really,
But you know, I'm not used to it!
And as I swished around that water;
All I saw was floating s**t!
Cos she is very clean my girl,
And those fish lived a wealthy life,
They swam all day, not a care in the world,
Then all they got was strife!

And so they died, oh dear me!
But we found 8 tiny baby fish alive!!
So she cleaned the parasite out of the tank,
And then the babies could survive!
And to this day, those tiny things-
Have thrived and grown to excel!
But let's hope there ain't no more diseases!
Cos those fish will go through hell!

She thought the ‘disease' was caused by fish,
When they fornicated to make babies!
Well blow me down, and knock me flat!
There ain't no ifs or buts or maybes!
Cos Rich said they don't get an STD,
When they swim along in love!
It's just a happening of life,
So now they're in the fish-sky above!

So it took her a while to get over it,
But when she sees those babies swim,
It makes her feel much better,
And makes me and my Rich grin!!!

It's sad though isn't it, not really a laughing matter.
But she was that distressed, we had to turn it around.
But the laughter was real! Couldn't help it!!
Bet you laughed too?

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