The goldfish swam about in their tank. Round and around and around. There was nowhere else for them to go.
“Do you think they can see us?” Daniel asked, as he peered in at them through the glass.
“I hope not,” Tina said. “How would you like it if you looked out the window and some strange giant was staring in at you?”
“Like David!”
“Or Simon!”
“That’d be so weird,” Daniel agreed.
“Anyway, of course they can see us,” Claire said. “They’re goldfish no blindfish!”
But what if their brains can’t even perceive our existence?” Tina said. “Like those frogs that can only see flies if they’re flying around like flies?”
“Those frogs are stupid!” Claire said. “My goldfish aren’t stupid.”
“You’re stupid!” Ethel said.
“I am not stupid!”
“Imagine if there’s things out there watching us right now that we can’t perceive,” Daniel said, as he peered slowly out the window. “Just because they don’t move like people!”
“Like David!”
“And Simon!”
“That’d be so weird!”
The goldfish swam about in their tank. Round and around and around. There was nowhere else for them to go.
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Notes:
1. Written on May 4th, 2021
2. I just realised that this is basically the end of that Moriarty episode on Star Trek
3. But with goldfish