About Two Fish | l.s.

The Full Story

Let's move to the waters of a certain lake.

There began a story about two inhabitants - blue fish Louis and green fish Harry.
Since they were very young, Louis and Harry were best friends. Their biggest dream was to explore the world. Their lake was too small for them. They loved to play tag, hide-and-seek, hang out together...

The friends began to grow up. They got tired of playing games for little fish. They felt it wasn't the same as before. All the hiding places were no longer hiding places, and the lake became even smaller than they thought it would be when they were little.

One day an eel called Simon into the lake, "Hello... I see you have nothing to do in this small body of water... how about a little deal?"

The fish initially ignored the eel's question. After a while the one asked again and added:
-... I know you have always wanted to explore the world, and I can offer you one. You will swim how you want, where you want, and all I want in return is the information and adventures you have encountered. Once a week I will meet with each of you and you will tell me what has happened to you. However, once you have decided that you are undertaking a partnership with me, there is no turning back. You will be swimming for me for the next few months.

Harry and Louis entered into a contract with Eel without a second thought. He immediately gave each a direction so they could sail immediately. Harry was to swim first through the reef, then out into the open ocean, then swim to the bay and meet Simon there. Louis, on the other hand, was to sail straight out into the open sea.
He was not to stay anywhere too long.   After seven days he was also to meet the eel.

The fish began to swim.

Harry met many new friends on his way during the week. He met curious pink fish, unpleasant red fish, and a few other underwater inhabitants.

On the seventh day, he found Simon in the bay:

- Hi! You won't believe what happened...I met so many great personalities. I met the pinks. They were very nice, but they swam very fast and kept wanting to swim, they didn't want to play. Then I met a baby shark...he was very nice too. He was the one who pulled me away from the fighters, which were red and very unpleasant. They laughed at my color, the way I swam, and my eyes. They looked like they wanted to rip me apart.... very not nice... Then I swam with a shark. We played tag and hide and seek...it made me laugh as I missed Louis. I also met some crabs. I think that's it.

- Interesting... Okay, it's time for me to go... I still have to get to Louis.

Simon gave Harry a new direction, and shortly afterwards they said their goodbyes.

Louis didn't have such interesting stories. He didn't have a story. He sailed the entire seven days in total emptiness.

- Nothing interesting... I didn't meet anyone... Maybe next week something interesting will happen to me... How about Harry?

- Harry... nothing interesting either... talked to this one... lobster for a while. I'm sure next week will be better.
Eel gave him the new coordinates and they said goodbye.

The next day Simon went to an eel gathering. There he talked about the stories of the green fish, saying that they were his stories. Everyone was very impressed by the eel's stories.

That's how the next few weeks went. Harry enjoyed himself, made new friends... and slowly forgot about the little blue fish.
Louis was wallowing in nostalgia, not noticing that the eel was already coming to him every two weeks. The fish was getting sadder and missed his green friend more and more.

The eel told all of Harry's stories, sometimes mentioning thoughts created from Louis' words. In this way he made a name for himself as a traveling philosopher.
 
One day Harry saw a school of blue fish. He immediately thought of a long-lost friend. He had a plan to ask Simon to take a break so he could meet Louis.

During his next meeting with the eel, he asked to be led to the other fish so they could spend time together. Simon agreed and they immediately set sail.

After several hours of swimming, Harry saw a stranded Louis, barely visible. He swam up to him and they began a conversation. He noticed that the beautiful blue color wasn't so clear anymore...
They asked the eel to leave them alone because they hadn't seen each other in a long time.

- Don't you think it's a little empty here? I see shoals, starfish, crabs and other creatures every now and then... And you?

- Every once in a while I see some clams... Wait, you're saying there's something going on at your place? Harry, I don't like it here...

-I don't either. Simon tells me you meet a lot of animals on your way...

- Harry... the water here is very murky... We have to get away, we'll break the contract. We'll even go back to our little lake...

- No. I have an idea. You've spent so much time here. We won't go back to our lake we'll just go back my way and then we just won't come to meetings. We'll run away to a place where we're happy together. I've seen some perfect places on my road.

They proposed the idea of exploring the world together, which after much persuasion Simon relented. They all started sailing together until the eel left the two friends. Harry led Louis to the place he was talking about.
After swimming around, Louis was still very sad. Harry noticed this and suggested that they take a little trip a few days later.
Two days after they should meet the eel, Harry took Louis on a trip.

He showed him some reefs, they met some of his friends... Louis still didn't understand why the green fish kept showing us these wonderful things. After returning to their little house Harry said:

- You know Louis... In these places after despite the fact that they were so wonderful, colorful, nice... even perfect, I always missed something. I met so many animals. So many different animals in so many ways: color, size, behavior in schools, character, where they lived... But no one could fill the void I had in my heart. I know you must have suffered a lot. You must have been sad for many days... And I am not surprised. If I was alone, in a space like that, I wouldn't know what to do with myself, until at some point I would start thinking. The worst thoughts would come to me.  Despite all this, I am with you now. You are no longer alone. You can tell me anything or nothing, but know that I am here for you, and only you... I chose this particular place because it is not ordinary... It is the first place I missed you... that is why I wanted to come back here. To fill the void.

-I don't know what to say... I missed you...

Louis began to regain his blue hue, smile and charisma over time.
Harry found his part that had been missing for so long. Louis' blue began to scroll with green spots and Harry's green with blue patches.

After a few months, the friends were happy. They had a home, each other, and adventures they would never forget.