| Fish tanks and aquariums are a popular hobby for | | | | invited us over to watch her feed her piranhas |
| people of all ages. People can sit and stare at fish | | | | one day. She bought a bag of about 20 live gold |
| for hours. I remember when I received my first | | | | fish to feed to her piranhas. All I can say is, "it |
| fish tank. It was the most exciting thing of my | | | | was awesome!" We sat there for an hour or |
| life. I had never had fish before and did not even | | | | more, all of us, like watching TV, but staring at |
| think about getting any. One day, however, I was | | | | this fish tank as the piranhas attacked and |
| down at the local pet shop and they had a | | | | devoured the gold fish. As soon as she dumped |
| contest or drawing where the winner would | | | | the fish into the tank, it went wild. The piranhas |
| receive a free fish tank. I had never one a | | | | just began tearing the goldfish apart. It was one |
| drawing like that before, and did not anticipate | | | | of those moments in life where you are glad that |
| winning, nor did I think they were that legitimate | | | | you are not a goldfish, but a human participating in |
| or that I would have much of a chance of ever | | | | a hobby of feeding the goldfish to the piranhas. |
| winning anything, but signed up anyway, even as | | | | One of my friend's little brothers got a new fish |
| a little boy. | | | | tank and some fish while we were in high school. I |
| One day a random phone call came and I | | | | am sure he could sit there and stare at them for |
| answered the phone. It was the pet shop! They | | | | hours, too, just like everyone else. The reason I |
| told me that I had won the fish tank! I could not | | | | am telling about him though, is because he named |
| believe. Nothing this exciting had ever happened to | | | | all of his fish "Marcus" - every one of them. |
| me. I was jumping up and down around the house | | | | Anyway, I thought that was funny, so I wanted |
| and told my mom we had to go get it right then. | | | | to write it. |
| We also bought some gold fish and other fish to | | | | My family has some fish right now. They have a |
| put in the fish tank. I could sit and stare at them | | | | fish tank and a bunch of goldfish. Their fish have |
| for hours. A hobby is a recreational activity | | | | lived for a long time, now, and the goldfish are |
| outside of work or one's career. What better | | | | getting huge. The tank is dirty right now, though. |
| hobbies are there then ones you could do for | | | | A couple weeks ago they brought over a friend's |
| hours and still enjoy them? I raised my fish for a | | | | "cleaning fish" to eat all of the dirty muck in the |
| couple months, but had to learn how to take care | | | | tank. It only took a few days for the fish to eat |
| of them. Eventually my fish all died and one of | | | | all of the muck and make the tank look as good |
| my friends was playing with a bee-bee gun in my | | | | as new. Too bad we cannot have some sort of |
| room one day and accidentally shot the tank. But, | | | | cleaning animal around the house that would clean |
| it was fun while it lasted. | | | | up like that. It would sure save a lot of trouble, |
| Later in college, one of my friends had a huge fish | | | | but I guess for now we will have to settle with |
| tank in her apartment, with several piranhas. She | | | | the online hobby store and more. |