In my book, "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm, is a story about a little kid. His preschool class had a teacher that bought all of the students goldfishes. 10 for a dollar of course. And the teacher gave the parents a lecture before sending the kids home. Basically, it's to teach the kids the circle of life. Goldie was the fishes name. "Goldie was kind of original. Because Goldie didn't die". All this time, Goldie made it all the way up to fifth grade. Until the kid looked at the fish bowl, and saw Goldie's stomach facing up.
One of the signposts I thought of while reading was "Contrasts and Contradictions." later on in the story, the mom lied to the kid and said that goldfishes only lasts up to 2 weeks. Ever since preschool, the mom was buying goldfishes every time the fish died. Goldie, was unlucky thirteen. I think the mom was doing this is because maybe she doesn't want the kid to be upset and not worry. It was the kids first pet.
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