** Fish and Life's lessons **

At home, we have a total of five fishes. The smallest one is the most active and a smart one that adopted to the situation quickly. We have two bigges (comparatively) - a blacky and a saffri (we have named all the five :o) ). These two biggies swallow all the food particles that we sprinkle on the top, almost leaving nothing for others. The food particles are small, minute, round coloured particles. While the two biggies swallow them faster. The rest tries to eat them bit by bit. So, when the rest takes the first bite, the biggies comes faster and swallows them. Ultimately, the bits and pieces goes the rest, while the biggies takes the major chunk.

It is here that the Zebri (name of the smallest - as it looks like a zebra) adopted to the situation faster. While it suffered initially, it learnt a few lessons faster. Now, zebri, picks up a piece, takes it to the bottom of the tank and takes the first bite. After the first bite, as the food particle starts floating to the top, zebri acts fast and brings it down. While the other fishes fight for their food at the surface, zebri, smartly finishes it by taking, one piece at a time, to the lower surface. It is active and smart enough to target one piece at a time. Above all, it knows how to get away from the "fighters" with its share of food and at the same time without having to fight with the biggies. That was lesson No.1 !

While the biggies always have their way of life, zebri being active and smart has its own way of life too. The rest two, Spotty and Whitey, are made of mediocre stuff and suffer the most. Its almost 4 days and they havent learnt to be tactful or bullish (they are almost the same size of the biggies). We have to separate them from the rest to feed them - lest they go without food. You should either be strong and powerful -or- should be active, smart and tactful. Never be in between !! Lesson No.2 !!

-Gowri