Clover: A Short Story

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“Here you go Clover”
I stare at Jeff the zoo keeper, while he drops a gold coin into my tank. When he walks away, I slowly slide down from my perch that was up on top of the fake little rainbow, that they had given me for my tank. I didn’t like the rainbow that much, but I guess it will have to do. In my opinion the rainbows back home were the best. Colors mixed perfectly in the golden rays of the sunlight. The rainbow in my tank was the complete opposite. It had a glare from my warm yellow tank light and the colors were all wrong. As for the house Jeff had given me, I’d say it’s okay. It was this little house positioned on a fake tree stump with fake leaves on the top. To the giants outside of my tank it looked perfect and real, but from my point of view it was wretched and fake. I snap out of my little day dream and slowly tiptoe towards the shiny coin. I see no one in sight. Perfect. Reaching my hand out I slowly curl
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“What do you need Gina”
As much as I tried I couldn’t keep my annoyance out of my voice, but Gina didn’t pay any mind to it. “Well since your nasty house is taking away my natural light for my gorgeous face… I figured you could give me your pot of gold to make up for it.”
I rolled my eyes at her request. First off we are inside a building… inside the touch pool tanks… which means there is no possible way I’m taking away her “natural light”. Plus, there is nothing gorgeous about Gina’s face, at all. WIth her tiny face and big nose, she was just…..Ugh. Plus she was the most annoying fairy I know. “No Gina go away”
Gosh who does she think she is anyway. “But Clover”
Gina draws out the R in my name making her sound even more annoying. I turn my back to Gina and start to munch on my coin some more. “Gina for all I care you could be lying dead in a gutter somewhere” “You know what clover?” “What Gina”
“When you die I won’t even come to your funeral ”
“You know what

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