Friday Fictioneers has swum around again, and if you’d like to participate, just plop over to Rochelle Wiseoff-Fields’ blog to learn how.

The picture this week comes from Doug MacIlroy.

Now, I have to warn readers before they drop below the picture to read my submission that I have been working way too hard lately, and as a result, whimsy just overpowered me when I started thinking about a story for this prompt. I couldn’t seem to help myself. So for better – or for worse – the end result is below the photo.

EATING FISH WILL INCREASE YOUR IQ

The most intelligent animal is a fish.
And I’m so proud to say that I am one.
To merit such acclaim all others wish,
But fish win out when all is said and done.

How do I know my claims are proven fact,
Especially since there are no written rules?
Why, others live in herds and flocks and packs,
But fish have brains enough to live in schools.*

 

*Before a fish is allowed to graduate from college, he must memorize the entire text of Moby Dick. It’s part of the curriculum that teaches the fish species’ superiority to man.

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