Oswald

A children's short about a fish

Once there was a fish in a tank.

Oswald.

Oswald was forgetful.

Fish don’t remember things for very long.

Sometimes Oswald would see another fish in his tank.

If Oswald flicked his tail, the other fish would flick his tail too.

If Oswald opened his mouth, the other fish would open his mouth too.

If Oswald eyed the other fish suspiciously, the other fish would eye him suspiciously right back.

Oswald wasn’t sure that he liked the other fish.

Oswald’s tank began to get dirty. The water became murky.

Oswald no longer saw the other fish.

He forgot that there had been another fish.

One day a new thing came into his tank. It was big and strange and had five things that looked like tentacles but weren’t.

The thing with tentacles that weren’t tentacles cleaned Oswald’s tank.

Oswald was forgetful.

Fish don’t remember things for very long.

Sometimes Oswald would see another fish in his tank.

If Oswald flicked his tail, the other fish would flick his tail too.

If Oswald opened his mouth, the other fish would open his mouth too.

If Oswald eyed the other fish suspiciously, the other fish would eye him suspiciously right back.

Oswald wasn’t sure that he liked the other fish.

Oswald never figured out that the other fish was his own reflection.

Did you?

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