In a feat that can only be described as heroic, Children's Librarian Ms. Susie and shelver Kristen saved the life of a goldfish who resides at the Hales Corners Library. It was business as usual at the library on Friday, December 21. Ms. Susie and Kristen were well into their closing routines for the day when a concerned mother and her young son notified Kristen that something was terribly amiss in the fish tank.
Kristen and Ms. Susie rushed over to the tank where they found one of the goldfish, (who shall remain nameless for reasons of privacy), struggling with a glass pebble from the tank's floor which it had managed to get lodged in its mouth. Having never encountered such a problem before, both Ms. Susie and Kristen experienced a moment of panic before they quickly snapped into action. Kristen suggested removing the pebble from the goldfish's mouth using pliers.
The two staff members decided that Ms. Susie would capture and hold the fish while Kristen grabbed the pebble with needle nose pliers. This plan, according to Ms. Susie, had its faults. In particular, it meant that Ms. Susie would actually have to hold the fish in her hands which, let's face it, is kind of icky. With the mother and son who first discovered the troubled fish cheering them on, Ms. Susie and Kristen found the courage to get the job done and successfully removed the pebble from the large fish's mouth.
While the fish and the rest of its fish friends appeared to have a temporary loss of appetite following the incident, they have all since recovered from the trauma, though the fish in question has refused to comment.
Readers may remember that this is not the first time something fishy has happened in the library's fish tank. In a previous blog we covered the odd phenomenon of one of the goldfish's scales turning white. We will continue to keep a watchful eye on the fish tank and keep our readers updated on any further strange occurrences.
