<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=552713" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Fish And Rice</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Daniel phoned me today<br>with his usual two year old exuberance<br>which comes naturally when you are two<br>and comes naturally when you're fifty two<br>until you extinguish it with old damp habits, <br>and he said<br>'Fish! Fish! I like fish very much! <br>Daddy, fan fan, fan fan', (Chinese for rice) <br>and yes Daniel has already mastered<br>three languages, English, Mandarin and enthusiasm<br>the last of which he is most adept at.<br>Well I thought he was enjoying his fish supper<br>but not so, and I should have known, <br>this exuberance could not be the result of food<br>unless perhaps a rare taste<br>of smooth creamy chocolate.<br>No he was feeding fish, <br>fish with an appetite for rice? <br>No, but no one had told him the ingredients of fish food<br>or me for that matter<br>and of course he was right, <br>as far as the fish are concerned<br>this was indeed the rice of life.<br>And he was now suddenly very upset<br>standing in the corner, arms folded, despondent<br>what happened? I asked<br>I am told by my reporting wife<br>that there had been a message I had missed, <br>and should have known.<br>Feeding fish is more essential for happiness<br>than eating fish, <br>and on his return home, freely swimming happy fish<br>should be waiting for his love and bliss.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Taylor">David Taylor</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=552713" data-title="Fish And Rice de David Taylor" data-description="Daniel phoned me today with his usual two year old exuberance which comes naturally when you are two and comes naturally when you're fifty two until you extinguish it with old damp habits, and he said 'Fish! Fish! I like fish very much! Daddy, f..."></div> </div> </div>

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