當學校的魚上天堂去...When a fish dies

今早收到學校director的email，
跟我們報告學校的一隻大金魚上天堂去了。
昨天下午接孩子的時候，我們已經看到掙扎努力與生命搏鬥的金魚，
回家車上，姐姐跟妹妹炫耀他們班上的班寵timo烏龜大哥的醜聞，
妹妹則不甘示弱的說教室除了金魚還有哪些小昆蟲跟生物。

今早送小靖到教室，她到魚缸去關心這位朋友，老師正在把牠撈出。
也許只是個不會說話的小生命，每天默默在孩子教室裡陪伴著他們，
視覺上少了一條魚，應該是幾天習慣的事情。
可是一點小儀式，機會教育，
便能在孩子心理種下一點點對生命的尊重與大自然的規則，以及文化的傳承。
即使，只是輕輕的，靜靜的......

Hello all,

One of our fish died last night. We all observed him fighting to live yesterday afternoon but alas, this morning, it was all over. We held a brief memorial attended by all those present. Some kind words were said like:

Goodbye fish. 

I liked you when you were alive.

You will never swim again.

and then David led us in our send off song--So Long  It's Been Good to Know Ya.

Kerry then explained to a very quiet group that the fish will be buried under our mandarin orange tree because eventually the dead fish will turn to rich soil which will help the tree grow. This we learned from the Native Americans who would bury dead fish by their corn to help the corn grow tall and strong.

Each child placed a lavender flower on the fish and now the fish rests under the tree with a shell as it's marker.

Carry on.