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Indoor Fishing for Relaxation and Excitementby Dusty the Gardencat
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Do you know of a fisherman who hates to eat fish? If you do, introduce me to him. He can bring me all the fish which he does not want to clean or to eat. I and my family will take care of it.
So why do these people insist on going fishing when they don't want the fish for anything other than a trophy? Maybe they just love to get away from a the wife who tells them to take out the garbage or from the children who ask for help with their homework. In other words, they fish to relax.
Well, I don't need to go away to relax. I don't need to go away to fish either. We have lots of these floating water wonders in our house, all nicely displayed in glass aquariums. Mind you, I don't call them aquariums. They are my own private TV sets. I could never understand why some humans sit in front of silly boob tubes with people talking endlessly, when they could be watching a far more beautiful and real live TV screen. And those screens display my favorite subject, real live fishes.
Not only I, but my whole family enjoys our live TV screens. It is so relaxing to watch those colorful swimmers gliding by, looking at us, saying hello with a wiggle of the tail before making another round. I have one problem with them, though. Sometimes those fishes get lazy and just hang in the water instead of moving around. I don't like that. I want to see some action, and I know how to get it. If I can just get my paw into the water and lightly tap a fish, they all move! I would never hurt my pets, I just want to remind them that it is their job to entertain us.
At times, we have had more excitement on those aquarium screens than we bargained for. There was the time when Traute bought half a dozen tigers, because they happened to be on sale by the half dozen. We soon found out that tigers are not the most peace-loving creatures on earth. They harrassed other until only only one of them remained alive, and he died of boredom, because he had no one to chase. Traute thought that she had made a booboo when she brought them home, but I loved the excitement.
The same thing happened to the angelfishes. Believe me, they are no angels, just because they look as though they have wings. We only had two, but those two both happened to be males. You cannot tell males and females apart when they are little, but you sure know when they grow up, because a male angel will not tolerate any other male angel in the same tank. So the smaller one either got chased or bitten to death. I know that Traute is going to scold me when I tell you that I found the killing fascinating to watch.
So you see, I don't need to go anywhere for the excitement of fishing. I have it here at home.
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