A fishy tale

Dad could almost have anticipated what was about to happen!

He sat in his favourite chair with a large bag of spicy crisps, cracked open a beer and readied himself for the big game.

In burst Annabelle.

“Bubbles won’t eat her food” She wailed.

Dad sighed, lifted himself from his chair and walked to the kitchen.

Bubbles indeed had not touched her salmon cat food and had an odd expression on her face. Strangely though, Bubbles had gobbled up a small amount of spaghetti bolognaise that Annabelle had absent-mindedly dropped on the floor.

Later the same day as Dad waited to watch the replay of the game that he had missed, Robbie burst into the room.

“Bubbles hasn’t eaten her tea” He cried.

Dad again visited the kitchen and Bubbles had not touched her ocean menu cat-food.

Again, Bubbles had munched into a rather slow sparrow that she had pounced upon in the garden.

Dad was confused and took Bubbles to the vet to be checked out.

The vet checked Bubbles carefully and offered her a bowl of chicken and cheese cat food that Bubbles woofed down. The vet got a swished tail in the face as thanks from Bubbles which set him off on a sneezing fit.

“Maybe, Bubbles has gone off fishy food?” Suggested the vet.

Dad had not considered this and changed Bubbles diet to a meatier selection.

Bubbles ate his food happily and none of the family really gave it another thought.

Nobody saw late at night, Bubbles skulk down into the cellar.

An old video lay there with a TV on stand-by.

Bubbles pushed her paw onto the video and Finding Nemo burst into life on the screen. A tear appeared in Bubbles eye as Nemo was lost at sea.

Bubbles felt so sorry for that little fish and decided that she was not going to eat fish again.

Nobody was there to question how a cat could start a video.
Nobody was there to realise why Bubbles had stopped eating fish
Nobody could remember what Robbie had done with his Finding Nemo video

Although Bubbles soon started eating fish again, she never really enjoyed it and yet didn’t know why.

© Chris White