The Fish Who Had a Complicated Life

Fighting Words Dublin, Broombridge Educate Together National School, 4th Class, 21st September 2026

I am a fish called Joe and I live in the savannah. I have a friend named Jimmy the Turtle and he is fast. He is a fast turtle. I really like ice-pops and I really want to marry a dog called Bobathon.

Even though I want to marry Bobathon, I am scared to get rejected by him: I am really, really scared.

I really like racing Jimmy my fast turtle.

I love living in the savannah because of all the animals there.

Bobathon is the best animal there… but I think I might want to marry the ice-pop more, but I can’t anymore because the ice-pop melted from all the hot weather!

So I go over to Bobathon’s house and I ask him:

“Will you marry me?”

I am very sad because he said, “Yes!”

I wanted to marry the ice-pop instead. I had thought I had moved on.

I went back to the savannah and I bought the ice-pop’s whole family and brought them to the monkey enclosure and married them all in front of all the monkeys.

Then I got an ice-pop again and I cheated on Bobathon with the ice-pop.

But then I got hungry so I ate the ice-pop and got back with Bobathon, but then the lollipop shop burnt down…