At the Ione Homecoming carnival they had fish races. You had to choose a fish, put it in a rain gutter and squirt it with water to make it race to the finish line.
Unfortunately Clay won. Look at his smug face of achievement and Emmie's look of defeat. Clay named is fish Zeffreyk. It's pronounced like Jeffrey with a "k" at the end. We were sure it would not live through the night but as Emmie said the next morning ,"Zeffreyk is going to the oldest living fish in the world." He just might be. For days the kids would get up in the morning and report that he wasn't dead yet.
The next day the kids filled his bowl with glitter to make the water pretty. I had to wash the fish. It's been months since Clay won him and he turned from an ugly gray color to a nice orange color. He seems to be thriving. Maybe that is due to all of the love, attention and petting that Clay has given him.
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