Personal Narrative Essay: Rainbow Fish

I used to love fish. Ever since I was a toddler I loved everything fish themed! ‘Rainbow Fish’, by Marcus Pfister, was one of my favorite children’s books and I even had a lot of Rainbow fish themed stuffed animals and toys. “Mom, can you read me Rainbow Fish again?” I said while I layed on my stomach with my face down on the pillow. “Ok Sweetie.”, My mom said with a smile on her face, probably for the 5th time that night. One of my favorite movies as a child was Finding Nemo. I had to have sat down on the couch at least once a week to watch Finding Nemo, and take in the beauty of the ocean and all the cute little animated fishies. I had an ocean themed bathroom. I was too careless as a child to really care about the decor, as I picked my tooth

“Dad I’m scared. Can you watch me?” I was actually scared of the aliens you were supposed to shoot. My dad came to watch me sometimes, and when he didn’t I had to learn not to be scared of the evil aliens trying to eat my fish. By the time I was 5 years old, I was pretty convinced I wanted to be a marine biologist. I did projects about fish in Elementary School, and I always knew the difference between the “Dorsal fin.” and the “Claudal fin.”. Needless to say, I used to have a pretty big fascination with marine life. Not as much anymore, now that I’m older, but fish still have a place in my heart, especially the 20 fish I used to have as pets when I was about 6 years

“Kyle, I have a surprise for you at home! It’s your very early birthday present.” She sure did excite me because I ran home, and there it was on a table in my room - A fishtank! It was a pretty large tank, about 2 ½ feet wide, but it was empty. “Let’s go to the pet store to pick out some fish, Kyle” My mom sure did make that day great. The pet store was called ‘Critters’, in Rio Rancho, and it was one of my favorite places to go and just look at the different animals they had from time to time. This time, however, I was actually able to buy some! This was my first pet, so you can probably imagine my excitement. We decided to get some tropical fish that could survive in salt water, because I thought they looked “cooler and more exotic!”. Looking back, I didn’t realize how difficult it was to keep saltwater fish alive and healthy for a long time, but I still enjoyed the year that I did have them, my first