The Little Mystery At My Sister's Home

[blairmacg]

I'm housesitting for my sister's family while they're on a ten-day child-friendly honeymoon roadtrip to California and back. Other than water the plants and care for the kitty, I've little to do but enjoy what I see as my own personal writing retreat

Comments

[resonant]

Very curious!

[blairmacg]

Still no sign of the crab. This is the weirdest thing!

[scallywag195]

When our son was about 9 we lost an expensive poisonous frog in the way you describe. We thought if the cat ate it she'd get sick. She never did. I kept waiting for the frog's dissecated remains to show up somewhere. It never did.

[elenbarathi]

Oh wow, I'm so glad your cat didn't find it!

[blairmacg]

Somewhere in here is a story... :)

[scallywag195]

Hmmm. I've been wracking my brain for story ideas lately.....

[elenbarathi]

So are you going to go buy a replacement fiddler crab, or will you tell your nephews that the one they had didn't survive? Carnival-prize critters often don't last long, and that's a fact to be faced, but I can see how you might rather not be the one to make the boys face it.

Anyway, condolences! It's always sad when the little tank-dwellers meet their inevitable demise, however it comes about.

[blairmacg]

I texted my sis, and we decided not to replace the crab.

Or the fish that are now dead.

Conclusion: I can care for houses, plants, dogs, cats, and livestock. Just don't put me in charge of fish!