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     It was a normal day inside Fish Emporium's 

aquariums… or so the goldfish thought. “Hey, 

everybody look!” says Ollie the leader who sees a net 

appear at the top of the tank. “Is that a new fish?”

     A strange looking fish escapes from the net and 

swims to the bottom of the tank to greet the rest. “Hi 

my name is Tony! But, what is this place?” All of the 

tank mates just stare at him.  

     Tony’s colors are vibrant and beautiful, but they 

can't seem to get past one thing. His eyes are huge! 

Ollie hesitates and then says, “Well, you are in a water 

container that the humans call an ‘aquarium’.”

     Tony looks at his surroundings to try to 

understand. A little fish blurted out, “What is up 

with your eyes?”

     Tony doesn't take it personally because the 

bright orange fish is so young. “I was born this way. 

Don’t worry, nothing is wrong with me.”  

     All of the fish continue to stare at Tony for a little while 

longer, and then they go about their business. None of the 

fish talked to him after that. Tony thinks to himself, “I 

wonder why they are ignoring me? Is it because of my 

eyes?” He hopes this is just because he is new, and that 

they will soon warm up to him. Meanwhile, all of the tank 

mates gather in their group of friends and talk, but the topic 

of gossip is the new fish. The water is rippling with chatter 

and false assumptions. "I bet he is deformed." 

 "Why is he even here?"

 "Tony's scales are awesome, but his eyes are too weird."

 "What if he's an alien!?" One fish even dares another to 

talk to him, but they refuse. Tony overhears them talking 

about him and he is sad and embarrassed. All Tony wants to 

do is hide. He spotted a tall plant decoration in the tank and 

swam behind it until dawn. 

     The next morning, Tony wakes up afraid to show his 

face in front of the others. How could he? He was now the 

odd fish out after all. He snaps out of it and thinks, “No, I 

can’t be scared. I have to face them!” A spark of 

confidence ignites him. He swims out from hiding, hoping 

everyone will begin to accept him. He arrives at a group of 

fish and decides to make conversation. "Good morning 

everyone! I know yesterday we got off on the wrong fin, 

but I assure you that I am completely normal." Once 

again everyone stares at Tony not knowing what to say.

     Then out of the blue a beautiful fish named Ava stuck 

up for Tony and snapped, "Hey give the guy some slack! 

He's new. There's no reason to treat him as an outcast." 

The crowd brushes this off. 

     Ava then turns her tail and swims over to Tony. 

"I'm sorry for the way they are treating you. It is not 

nice at all."

"Thank you so much for helping me out there. I wish 

they would understand that nothing is wrong with me." 

"Well, I know there's nothing wrong with you. Maybe 

you can show them that you can be of use here." 

"How can I do that?" Tony then realizes that he has 

excellent vision. He continues to say "Well, my 

eyesight is actually pretty good. I don't know how that 

can be an advantage to them, but I will figure out 

something." 

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