Feeby the Fish

Feeby was a traditional gold fish prisoned in a very small fish tank in the living room of Mr.Henry Stingy. But behind that traditional look there was a great spirit, one that would not take any defeat. Mr.Henry family had acquired that name over the years. This was due to there life style. They were so stingy that they sucked money as a big black hole.

They bought everything small. A small house, a small couch that squeezed there bones, everything was small. When unfortunate guests would come over, they would serve them a tiny piece of boiled chicken with one piece of broccoli and a baby potato for each person. The salt and pepper shakers were always larger than anything on the plate. A pinch of salt would be too much risk. They had big shakers just to show off. After all they did know that its expiration date would not waste a penny.

These acts came from the stingy gene they inherited, which would let anyone feel that money is not to be spent. Instead it is to put in an nice old fashioned safe to take it to grave for company. It was the fate of Feeby to live with such stinginess. Feeby was put in a very small jar that used to be a honey jar not long ago. she had her face facing the ceiling since day one. She could not even turn around. As for the food it was horrible. Mr.Henry would pick her food with a pair of tweezers just to make sure she does not eat more than three flakes for lunch. And that was it, no breakfast or dinner. She starved but managed to survive.

One day and as poor Feeby was watching a small fly maneuvering overhead. She remembered the good old days were she used to live in a huge fish tank with all her friends to play with all day. The shop owner, Mr.Philip, always gave them good amounts of food enough for everyone. She also remembered the baleful day when Mr.Phillip fished her out of the tank in a plastic bag were she could see Mr.Henry's eyes bigger than what they really are behind the bag together with a big smile of brown teeth.

That awful afternoon she managed to say goodbye to all her friends as she was swimming away from Mr.Philips's net. All fish are suddenly fished out of there comfy tank without any notice. "Well" she said to herself, "I had enough, this is not going to continue, I have to get out of this filthy tank, it is either me or Mr.Henry". Feeby spent the hole night thinking about it. Later she realized that she have to risk her life to get out of that cup "no pain no gain" as her friend tuna told her. Tuna once had to fight with a shark to save her babies, she managed to stick a nail into his eye were he lost control.

Then Feeby had a brilliant idea, she thought that Mr.Henry sometimes dozes off in the couch just next to her and the first thing that he would do every morning is to go to the toilet. Feeby was able to see all that since the house was very small that there is no bathroom, no kitchen. In fact the house was a small square room with the bed as the bedroom, the toilet as the bathroom and the refrigerator and stove as the kitchen. There was also a small sink shared between the kitchen and the bathroom and a small TV, one that is used in cars. All next to each other.

So Feeby thought that if she could give herself a big kick upwards, since that was the only direction she could go, and go into Mr.Henry's pocket the first thing in the morning, then she could jump into the toilet and be flushed hopefully into the ocean. It seemed like a good plan. However in some occasions Mr.Henry would forget all about his toilet trip and go right to the refrigerator to have breakfast were he pees on his pants instead. She had to risk it she thought, live or die trying.

The next morning Mr.Henry started humming just about to open his eyes when Feeby kicked herself upward and flew up in the air and over the arm of the couch where the stingy old man was sleeping. She quickly gave herself another kick to the right and made it safely into his pocket. "ouchhhh, that was close" she shouted. Feeby felt her heart pounding as Mr.Henry started walking towards the toilet. She knew she had a little time to survive.

As the old bird headed to the toilet, he suddenly changed direction and went to the refrigerator which was not so far away but enough to make Feeby land on the floor if she attempted her jump from there. Without even thinking Feeby had bitten Mr.Henry hard, with all her force, that it made him really wake up, with all of his tiny brain back into the processing mode. For Feeby's relief that stingy Henry changed direction again and headed to the toilet as Feeby was getting out of breath. As he sat on the toilet Feeby jumped into the toilet as he flushed it. She took her breath back. It was not that fresh breath but it was alright. She saw her past life during the last few months flushed away as she was swept into the tubes and right into the ocean.