Friday Fiction: If I Were A Koi

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Copyright – Douglas M MacIlroy

If I Were A Koi

After choking to death on a fish-bone at the Happy Plaice, Mr Gove was reincarnated as a funfair goldfish. While some may find this amusing, Mr Gove was decidedly unimpressed. The young girl who won him at the fair skipped along merrily clutching her catch. As Mr Gove bounced about inside the plastic bag, he contemplated his lot.

‘I should’ve been a Koi, at the very least!’ he grumbled. ‘This is an outrage!’

An ill-placed stone, a tumble, a grazed knee and a split bag saw Mr Gove swiftly on to his next incarnation

…as a slug.

When will he learn?

(100 words)

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Disclaimer: Any resemblance between the Mr Gove in the above story and our very own fish-faced Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, is of course, entirely accidental. This is despite the fact that Michael Gove deserves to be reincarnated as a fish for screwing with my children’s education. Thanks to his latest ill-timed policy, my daughter’s exams have been cancelled days before she was due to sit them. Well done Mr Gove.  I wish you everything you deserve in this life and the next.

OK. Rant over. Let’s have some music. Here’s Beyonce singing the title song to my story: If I Were A Koi.

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