The Orange Fish

Written by: Abdullah Fazli

Once upon a time, there were a few fish lived together in a pond by the sea. Silver, orange and goldfish were friends. Goldfish was big among them and the orange fish was the smallest.

One day, the fish were making noise due to the lack of food and being locked in the pond.

The goldfish invited them to silence and wanted them to be patient, and added that the one who threw them in the pond, he will feed them.

A fish said that the pond has become very dangerous these days and some fish missed the last day and there is still no news of them.

The goldfish was surprised and said that they have no other choice without waiting for a solution, but the orange fish did not accept and said that they must save themselves from the pond as soon as possible or they will also be caught like other fish. They were confused and were looking at each other with terrified eyes.

The goldfish angrily asked the orange fish not to scare the other fish, but the orange said that yesterday he saw a child caught some fish from the pond and said that he would catch the remaining this day.

The Goldfish did not accept and said that the orange fish had dreamt. Meanwhile, they saw that a small boy arrived at the pond, and all fish worried about their future.

The orange fish wanted other fish to reach the edge of the pond before the water gets muddy, but the goldfish refused and wanted the fish not to listen to the orange fish and just move so that the boy will not catch them.

The boy entered the pond and the fish screamed. The orange fish wanted all the fish to jump into the middle of the river. All the fish jumped except goldfish.

The boy was very happy to see the goldfish and ran behind him to catch it. The goldfish was worried.

The boy decided to make the water of the pond muddy so that he could easily catch the fish.

The gray fish suggested goldfish to jump into the river but the goldfish was very proud and said that he would never accept the shame to accept what a small fish suggests him.

The orange fish jumped again into the pond to rescue the goldfish.

When the boy saw two fish, he became happier and said that he will catch two fish instead of one.

The orange fish said that he would not let the boy catch the goldfish and he spread the mud by his wings toward the boy’s eyes. The boy got angry and the orange fish rescue the goldfish.