The depth of beauty

Once upon a time, there was a child. He lived with his mother in a tiny yet cosy home. His father's wheabouts were unknown. Their home was also home to many others. It was a shared place by different families and some lonely souls

Life was very straightforward and dull for him. All he had to do was wait for food to arrive and eat the food. He had been doing this since birth. He is still in his early childhood days. Of course, his mother was the one providing the food every day

His siblings were all perished in an incident according to his mother. She told him that he was very fortunate to be the only one who survived during that incident. She never mentioned what the incident was whenever her child asked her

One day, the child asked his mother. He was already slightly grown up although he still needs to rely on his parent. "Why are the both of us so good-looking compared to the others around us?"

There was no reply so he asked another question. "You see, we both have near-perfect features and flawless looks, all the rest of them look rather inferior and a couple of them even have marks on their bodies"

His mother sighed and smiled in her heart. There was still no reply. The child didn't bother to continue asking since he realized that no answer was the answer to his question

Two weeks later the child asked his mother another question. "When will we ever move out of this tiny place with all those ugly looking neighbours?" This time, his mother replied him. "We will not be moving, we would have moved long ago if we were supposed to."

Her son was obviously confused with the answer. "What do you mean? I see others moving from one place to another here, some are even gone permanently". "How much longer must we stay here?"

Again, no answer was the perfect answer to her curious son's questions

**The setting of this story is in an aquarium or to be exact, a fish tank which houses the top two premium arowanas of the shop and some pleco, catfish, tetra and other fishes which look umimpressive when placed next to the arowanas

The young arowana did not realize that he and his mother were not for sale hence they were stuck in that fish tank forever for display purposes. His father and siblings, not as good-looking as him, were either sold or placed at some other places

His mother did not want him to miss his family therefore she did not reply his questions. She wanted her son to be proud of himself and only remember the good things

But everyone will turn old one day. By then, are your looks more important or your family?
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