Nemo

My son Dhruv's pet fish Nemo died today morning. I spent an agonizing first half of the day thinking of appropriate ways to break the news to Dhruv. Nothing in my 6 years of motherhood had equipped me for this task (Though I feel eminently unsuitable for a lot of mothering tasks lately). Nemo was an year old, and Dhruv is attached to him as feeding and cleaning his fish bowl are his responsibilities. Well fishes being fishes do nothing except swim, but I was attached to Nemo as well :(.

Once Dhruv got home, I broke the news pointblank. Dhruv gave me a long hard look and said ," How can something live for so less time." I told him fishes don't live long. Post that he decided Nemo is 'Resting' and 'No one dies with their eyes open.' After some contemplation he finally decided, 'Nemo is gone.' While I expected the waterworks (Mine had started, needless to say). Dhruv asked me , 'Now what is Nemo going to be reborn as?' I told him personally I am not a believer in the rebirth idea. To which he incredulously replied," Of course we are reborn. Nemo can be a goat or a tree. He just cant be a fish. You get bored as one thing, so you are reborn as something else. That's how it works."
While I sat digesting this. He informed me,"You might also be a tree in your next life."I told him I am not bored being a human but anyway hubby accuses me of being as lazy as a log of wood on most days, so not a bad option. Post some more deep thought Dhruv decided, "I have a feeling Nemo will be reborn as the puppy you are planning to buy me." (Emotional blackmail at its best!! I have in principle agreed to buy him a puppy, if and when he is able to help out, and that's no where soon). And to press the advantage further he added," You can always call him Nemo if you like, we wont miss our fish that way." So looks like Nemo the puppy is on the cards soon.