Funeral for a Beta Fish

Crush the Beta Fish (c.July 21st 2008-December 6th 2009) was found in repose at the bottom of his tank in the room of a Catholic University student who was responsible for his care. "I had just changed his water a few days ago," said a distraught Wesley, the student in question, "I never expected him to die so soon after. That dang DC water, I'm telling you."

Crush had led an interesting life. He began his life with Wesley's family when, at a parish festival, a young boy who had won him in a contest believed he was dead after being dropped and stepped on. Wesley's mother was put in charge of disposing of the would-be corpse, but was shocked to see that the fish was still swimming around his bag almost as though nothing had happened. wesley named the fish "Crush" in honor of his miraculous survival.

Crush continued to show his resilience as he underwent several trials in life. During the summer of 2009, Mr Snow, a cat who had recently taken up residence in Wesley's home, knocked over Crush's bowl and chewed on him. Fortunately, Crush was saved quite literally from the jaws of death when Wesley's mother arrived on the scene in the nick of time. Crush, minus one eye and with a new gimp fin, then had to survive three days without food when his new, cat-safe location was forgotten. However, he showed no true signs of discomfort, and did not hold any resentment toward his family. However, the incident with Mr. Snow showed the caretakers that Crush was not safe in the house. Therefore, Wesley took Crush with him to school in Washington DC, far from the clutches of felines and equally interested canines in New York.

Crush was well taken care of, and lived out the rest of his days (save one unavoidable 5-day period when he was cut off from food) in peace. It is believed that the cause of his demise is the generally fishy (horrible pun intended) conditions of DC tap water. However, with the beating his body had already taken, Crush knew his time was short and wrote his final intentions.

As he requested, he was buried in the fashion of a Scientologist. There were no ministers available, however, and so the ceremony had to be carried out by amateurs (his friend Wesley). Having to possessions besides a mirror, there is no will to be read.

The music used is "Strange Way to Save the World" by 4Him

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Fish
• Funeral

[JETSOWN]

well waste of my five minutes

[Shinpachi222]

yes. yes it was.

[hammyreptifish]

Gay

[Jesvel18]

@TribalStudios18 and you are certain of this because..? where you there?

[TribalStudios18]

@Jesvel18 you idiot, he's just acting...

[TerrainTiger]

When my Betta fish dies, I decided to bury him by our pond. Hopefully he lives a long life :)

[Jesvel18]

don't make fun of him crying. :/ it's hard to let go of first pets. I know because i cried when my first pet, a hamster, died. It's just shocking and i never expected that. R.I.P Crush.

[Dangerdude000]

Oh I'm sorry for your loss :( thank god my little Betta fish Swimmy is still alive if anything happened to him I woul drown in my tears I saved him from a cup in petco in July in 2011

[DANIELLExxNxxHALI]

so so sad i had a beta fish butt one day i only saw a ta.......nevermind to sad

[angelbabyAM]

WTF!!!1