Fish in a Pond

Japanese version posted on April 25^th, 2011

We have decided that Dai, our pet goldfish is to be enrolled to an elementary school in Tokyo. When purchased 6 years ago, she was only 6 cm (2 in.), but is now 24 cm (10 in.) and is ready to take over the pond. One problem is that she is not the best swimmer, as she has been kept in a small tank for all her life. Hunting for food is not her strength either, and has no friends. We now regret about spoiling her but it is too late.

The pond is located in a courtyard of an elementary school, and there are large Koi fish and goldfish swimming around. This school may not suit her… What if she is bullied around…

We pushed her out of the plastic bag, and she slowly floats into the pond. Her gold/red body is glowing and is easy to be spotted. She settled herself at the bottom of the pond, but in the next second, she was being chased by other fish, swimming as fast as she could for the first time.

We were later told by one of the faculties that she spends most of the day quietly by the wall of the pond. I guess getting use to a bigger world may not come in a day.