Be careful what you ask for by Marian Casillas, Ed.D.

 

Once upon a time in a big fish tank there were little fish that grew tired of their constitutional republic form of government.

 

They had so many freedoms and rights that it spoiled them and they did nothing but swim around in an apathetic and bored manner all day long.

 

They wished for a ruler that could entertain them with much pomp and royalty, and rule them in a way to make them know they were really being ruled.

 

No representative form of government for them, they declared.

 

So they quickly sent a petition to the owner of the big fish tank asking for a king-fish and a Queen-fish.

 

The fish tank owner saw what simple and foolish creatures they were, but to keep them quiet and make them think they had a king-fish and a Queen-fish he threw down a king-fish lure and a Queen-fish lure, and both fell into the water with a great, big splash.

 

The little fish hid themselves thinking the new king-fish and the new Queen-fish to be some powerful tyrannical governmental giant.

 

They soon discovered how un-king-like the king-fish lure and how un-Queen-like the Queen-fish lure really were.

 

The little fish complained loudly to the fish tank owner about the king-fish and the Queen-fish that had been sent to govern them.

 

To teach the little fish a big lesson the fish tank owner sent King Sleepy-Joey Boy and Queen Phony-Qué Mala to rule over the little fish in the big fish tank.

 

King Sleepy-Joey Boy and Queen Phony-Qué Mala both proved to be a very different kind of king and quintessential Queen from what they had imagined.

 

King Sleepy-Joey Boy and Queen Phony-Qué Mala gobbled up the poor little fish right and left and the little fish soon saw what fools they had been.

 

They begged the fish tank owner to take away the cruel tyrants before they would all be destroyed.

 

“Are you not yet content? You have what you asked for and so you have only yourselves to blame for your own miserable misfortunes.”

 

 

Marian Casillas, Ed.D.