A short story by Roger.
Mary was gone and I was home alone. I got up early, took a shower and got inspired. Our shower curtain has little fishies on it, all different colors. I decided to make Mary another pond and use the shower curtain for the liner.
Well, me and Buster and Rags started digging the hole. They were a lot faster 'cause they had really practiced their digging. We got it dug out enough and I brought out the shower curtain. I guess I should have known better because Buster and Rags went and hid and left me to finish on my own. I built a nice pond even if it was a bit small. The shower curtain sure looked bigger in the bathroom. I filled it with water and then put a few of Mary’s Shubunkins in it. I thought they would really like the little fishies on the “liner”. The Shubunkins started acting all funny; floating on top, lying still on the bottom. I just figured they were snubbing the little fishies on the “liner”. About that time Buster showed up chewing on a bottle of Ammo-Lock. Too late, those fish were goners.
I heard Mary’s truck pull up and I nearly panicked. First thing she went to the bathroom and second thing she yelled out “Where's my Helen Nash autographed, limited edition, very rare shower curtain?" By then I was pretty well convinced that we didn’t need another pond anyway. So I told Mary that I had taken her Helen Nash autographed, limited edition, very rare shower curtain outside to wash and air it out. I gave her my copy of “War and Peace” and told her to just sit on the pot and read; I’d take care of it. I went outside, yanked the shower curtain out of that hole, rinsed it off and took it back inside. One good thing, I had a big hole to bury those dead Shubunkins in so that Mary would never find them. I just hope Buster and Rags don’t dig them up! I told them if they did that I would swear they had caught the fish.
Now when I take a shower I like to think the little fishies are laughing about the pond and not laughing at me.
P.S. Don’t tell Mary.
