Student+Six

My Backyard Pets By: Collin It was a great day to be at the pond with my sister. The sun was shining and the water was smooth like glass. “I found something,” I said to my sister Brittney. Flopping in my hand was a blue, black, red and green fish. The little fish was the size of my hand. It had two red eyes and soft skin. I gently put the fish in the jar. After all that excitement we were hungry so we sat down and had a picnic. On full tummies we looked for more fish. Brittney found a bright gold fish and her friend caught a rainbow fish. It was so colorful. The next fish we caught was a red slimy one. We put them all in the jar. They came with me as pets. Luckily the fish ate goldfish food. I cleaned out the jar and filled it up with clean water every week. Soon my fish outgrew the jar! I was very attached to the fish so I decided to buy them a large tank at Walmart. Whitey, Sharkie and Fireball grew bigger every year. Finally they were too big to stay inside. My dad built a pool for them in our back yard, but one died. It was Whitey. I buried him in dirt beside the pond. Fireball and Sharkie are still in the pond in my backyard. Who knows maybe they will outlive me!   