My third memory is when I got my fish when I was ten. I hadn't any other pets so having fish was going to be a treat. I had already made the tank ready for the fish as they were arriving from Guernsey by air. My mum and I went to collect them; they were in a plastic bag looking very lonely. I called them the five little Lilies, as they were so small, you couldn't tell which was which. They were very pretty; they had a striking red stripe on them and a blue head. When we put them in the tank they all hovered together but as they became braver, they spread out and started to explore their new surroundings. I loved them. Later on, we added more fish, which made the tank alive with activity. I think fish the best pets ever.
A later memory is when I went to my second Guide Camp. It was at Foxlease, which is near the New Forest. I went with five friends, Abby, Emma, Claudie, Vanessa and Rebecca. We went to The Nature Camp. We all thought it was going to be great but it turned out to be a nightmare. To start with, our tents were soaked with mud and water with loads of puddles inside where we were supposed to sleep. It was disgusting. Luckily my Godmother, who lived near by bought us a massive bag of sweets, which we hid in our bags for supplies, as the food was revolting. Unfortunately, I was ill after the first day so I had to be sent home. I did not go home alone though. Abby, Emma, Vanessa and Claudie all came too as they hated it there. So did I really. This memory has stuck in my mind as it was a horrible experience and I will never go camping again apart from in the back garden!
Probably my most recent memory is when I fed a silvery marmoset a live maggot. It was an amazing experience. It all happened at Jersey Zoo. I had raised two hundred pounds over three years so as a thank-you they let me go into the tamarins and marmoset enclosure. A zookeeper took my mum and me in. She started to shake a box; all the monkeys came leaping towards us. She opened the box and showed us what was in there. It was maggots; they were squirming and wriggling all over the place. She picked one up and held it up to the marmoset that greedily took it and ate it. She gave me a maggot and told me to hold out my hand, sure enough a marmoset came and took it from me. I was amazed that they would come so close to humans and trust them. I love going to the zoo. Some day I would like to be a zoologist and work there but that’s in the future and this is now. You never know, someday I might be writing about working in a zoo. Well I can dream!
