Something that Happened in School

Greetings. I hope you all are well. Faaiz here. Well today something funny happened at school. It probably wasn't funny for my friend Ariff though.

Today during the recess period me and my friends Ariff and Ronnie went to the school's eco-pond after eating to look at the fishes and terrapins. Now let me tell you this - my school has three ponds - one was really crystal clear and clean, the other was a really shallow pond ( probably just three centimetres ) filled with little plants and fishes. The last one is almost as big as the first one but it's really, really murky. You wouldn't be able to see through it at all! My friends and I went to the third pond. Why, you ask? The first one may be clean, but it doesn't have anything but koi fish. The second one is really shallow and boring, unless you want to catch fishes. The third one may be murky, but beyond its murky depths lie many different animal species. Arowana, catfish, little black fishes whose names I do not know, colossal ( probably 30-20 centimetres tall and wide ) flat fishes whose names I also do not know, terrapins and of course, koi. Who knows, there may be more different species. Of course, you can't see practically anything under the water so if you were a passer-by, all you would see are terrapins and the occasional arowana.
Even so, I have a method to lure the big fishes out - using flower petals and snails. Other animals ( like terrapins, arowana and koi ) may eat the petals or snails you throw in, but if you're lucky, the big fish may eat them. If I'm correct there should be three of those big fish in the pond.

I really sidetracked there, didn't I? Anyway, back to the story. Me and Ariff were collecting petals to feed the fish. We walked to the edge of the pond and threw the petals into the pond. Sure enough, it was eaten by the big fish. We were having a good time when suddenly, Ronnie walked behind Ariff and pushed him. Obviously, Ronnie meant it as a joke and was about to grab Ariff before he fell in. ( I should know since a lot of people have done the same prank on me. ) But Ariff was too fast and clumsily slipped into the pond with a loud splash. Fortunately, he fell into the pond on the shallow side, and was able to escape before an arowana or a terrapin could nip his butt. It was also fortunate that there was P.E. on that day and he could change into his P.E. attire when we arrived in class. In the end, Ariff forgave Ronnie after Ronnie paid him five dollars. Ariff fell in the pond, Ronnie lost five dollars and I managed to witness the entire ordeal. A happy ending.