Today I will be talking about the pets I had back in Brazil. Well… I was a lonely child who couldn't really go outside and play or had much friends to keep me company. I wanted to have a pet dog but my parents didn't want the trouble of having to care for another living thing. I remember that I had a big fish tank with junks inside so I cleaned it and made it nice because I wanted to put insects inside of it and play with them. I started putting ants and spider inside because they were the easiest to grab. At first, it was pretty boring just looking at them walking around and doing nothing. I then added some roaches and a gecko to see what would happen. As I glued my face into the glass staring at the insects, I knew there were tension inside. The movement of the bugs weren't as fast like the first time when I only placed ants and spiders. As time passed, some of the insects had disappeared.
Strangely, for a 7 years old girl, I became very amused and interested. So I added some more leaves, dirt, and rocks to have some hiding places for them. I also started to add flies, butterflies, more roaches, spider, and other small creatures I could find around. Again, I stared with excitement. I finally saw these creatures attacking each other. It seemed like the gecko was the alpha insect. Poor roaches were the first to be eaten either by the gecko or the spiders. The flies and the butterfly were only flying around and barely landed so they were fine for the first 2 hrs. As people would guess…after a few days passed, Mr. gecko was the last insect alive.
After 3 days of having fun with the bugs, my mom threw the tank away without letting me know. I was very sad at the time and I think my mom was concerned with me. She ended up letting me have a pet dog the very next day.
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