Sinister: A story about a fish

[Robin Stout]

	It seems like Christmas is the time of year for pets to swim, 
hop, and flutter their ways up to pet heaven. St Bernard, patron saint 
of pets has been found knocking on our door recently, or rather the 
bowl of my sister's little goldfish, Bob. You see, no sooner had I 
arrived home for Crimbo than I found Bob had died, tragically, in a 
car crash.
	Bob was swimming in his special travelling bowl, which has 
a lid with holes in it and used to contain mint humbugs. The bowl 
was on the passenger seat of my sister's boyfriend's car who was 
taking her stuff home. Bob was happy, just swimming about and 
spotting lorries out of the window. Then suddenly, the car in front 
stopped and they crashed into it. It was just a bump and Will, the 
driver, didn't even graze his knee, but looking at the bowl he saw 
Bob, floating motionless at the top. He'd have tried to recussitate it 
but gills are a job for a specialist, so little Bob was left to pop his 
tiny little clogs in peace. Special clogs, for fins I suppose.
	My sister's last fish, Trevor, only lived for two weeks and 
spent the whole time swimming upside down and turning a funny 
shade of grey, so I suppose compared to this Bob lived an eventful 
life, at least.
	I don't know if anyone saw it, but when I was reading a 
magazine at my Grandad's house I saw an advert for a program 
called 'Inner Tube' which was supposed to be behind the scenes of 
the Apocalypse Tube, on ITV. I think it was meant to be on Friday. 
But when I got home and looked in the paper there it didn't mention 
it. So now don't know if I was imagining it or not. Did anyone else 
see this program? Or was grandad's magazine actually a 'specialist 
publication' and I hadn't noticed? Inner tubes, eh?

	When the crowd say 'bo'

			Robin
	
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