once upon a time there were three misconceptions. these little misnomers were brought about by three little mishaps. to begin with we will travel back in time to the magical kingdom of the oh-so-ferocious ghost shrimp. there, in the depths of their little ten gallon, they lived in peace and prosperity. all were loved by the family above that feed them and changed their water and took good care of them. but one day, the lesser god of the family above became bored. and in this bought of boredom discovered a wonderful creature called a baby senegal bichir. thinking it one of the cutest creatures he had ever seen promptly brought one home and gave it free range to roam at will in the great depths of the ten gallon. now here begins the coming of the first misconception. the others, the great gods of the family above, did not take to this cute little senegal like the lesser one had. they did not share in his love for the new comer he had named Jude. based upon this notion, they dismissed the idea that it could ever have a place of love in that little watery world much less any other watery world they might be above. nonetheless they did not find it so distasteful as to banish it back to the petsmart on the otherside of town from whence it had cometh. so, settling in, it made its home amongst the fishes and oh-so-ferocious ghost shrimp, all the while continuing to be loved dearly by the lesser one above.
now comes the second misconception. whilst Jude swam and played and frolicked as only senegals do, he happened upon one of the oh-so-ferocious ghost shrimps that the greater ones of the family above dearly loved. now you see this misconception has been saved for the telling as the second because it is two fold. you see, while the greater ones above loved the shrimp, so it was that Jude loved them too. but their loves were not of the same nature. and when it happen upon that the greaters of the family had found out what Jude had been doing they were greatly disappointed. such dismay swept through the kingdom that the greaters found themselves hating the senegal even more and calling a monster, though all the while the one who brought it home continued to see it for the lovable pet that it was. so it fell from dis/grace into malevolent disdain. its advocate remained strong however and pleaded its case. so it was that a compromise was formed. the sen was not to be sent back the petsmart on the other side of town from whence it had cometh but instead set apart in a watery world of his own.
after adjusting to his new palace, Jude was no longer aloud to love the oh-so-ferocious ghost shrimp as he once had. with this, the lesser one above was forced to find a new sustenance for him, hikari carnivore sinking pellets. these were taken greedily by the little Jude, but it was not to last; for here comes the telling of the third and final misconception. the pellets carried with them a distinctive odor. its purpose was to attract that which it was made for. unfortunately it had the ability to repel others, such as the greaters of those above. they, already having it in their minds that this fish and his friends (a second sen and a delhezi had joined Jude by this time, there names were Phoenix and Pan, respectively) were of no good use and did not deserve the love that the lesser one gave them, went about the kingdom and smelled the foul odor. whilst hearing that it was caused by the pellets and not the fish - they did not listen - and instead assigned the cause of the foul odor to the fish themselves and thus knighted them as "unclean, and filthy, and bringers of bad bacteria". and so it was that Jude and his friends had to leave completely, banished, for good. though they did not go back the the petsmart on the other side of town from whence they had cometh (well the two sens any way) they were made to take up temporary residence in a the care of another local merchant who had dealings with the trade of such creatures.
to this day the greaters do not like bichirs, though that is mostly on the part of dad and not so much the mom, who probably does sympathize with the lesser one somewhat.
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