One of the most memorable and unforgettable childhood memories is of my little brother and how he managed to brake our aquarium with his hot wheel cars. I was about 8 and he was about 3 or 4 years old at the time. I was in the living room watching tv and the aquarium was in the kitchen, visible to see it from where I was sitting. And that is when his little idea came about.
Being able to catch every single movement going on, he began to push one of the kitchen chairs closer and closer to the aquarium until it was finally in front of it. Climbing onto the chair, reaching the top, he just stood there and began to bang his hot wheel car on the glass. He kept banging on the glass continuously until finally, it had cracked. He had managed to brake a small hole into the glass and water began to gush out at him. He stood there as if he had become paralyzed, just letting the water hit his face not making any effort to stop or even move away from the water. Instead he just stayed there and began to shake his head. For some reason I began to laugh histerically because of the fact he was basically drowning while standing. My parents eventually heard all the noise and came running to the living room, taking him down from the chair, holding in their laughter. It was a priceless moment, especially when one of our gold fish shot out and hit him in the face, killing the poor fish.
I love and cherish this memory so much because of the fact when I remind my brother about it, we both laugh about it. He has actually nicknamed himself, "The Sushi Killer." When I am upset, this memory lifts up my mood and makes me feel much better.
Now I'm wondering what happened to the poor fish in the aquarium.
ReplyDeleteThis is something me and my brother would have done. It also reminded me of how my brother had his pet fish, and pretty much killed it cause he would always forget to fed it. When it died, my little brother's face was priceless. Not being the older evil sister, but what else did he expect.
ReplyDeleteYour childhood memory is HILARIOUS! I definitely understand why you cherish this memory as much as you do. Poor gold fish.
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh. This is wonderful childhood memory to hold on too!
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