A different kind of pet

陕西 马 洁

A Vietnamese man has become famous in his home province of An Giang for taking care of thousands of wild river fish who visit his house every day for food.

Muoi Phuc's house in Long Kien,Vietnam's Mekong Delta,is a popular attraction for both locals and tourists.People routinely stop by to watch the man feed a school of wild fish that visits him daily.When the 52-year-old man started feeding the fish,it was just a handful of pangasius.But now thousands of fish stop by his riverside home every day for a bite to eat.

The Vietnamese duck farmer's life changed on the Vietnamese New Lunar Year of 2020.As he prepared some rice to take to his grandparents,he looked out of the window and noticed a few fish coming out to the surface of the river with their mouths open,as if begging for food.

Muoi Phuc took a handful of duck food he had lying around and threw them to the fish.He then went back to his business without giving the hungry fish a second thought.But the next day,he noticed the fish again,and again he threw them some food.They've been visiting him daily ever since,and bring new friends with them every time.

From the dozen or so pangasius fish to several thousand,no one really knows where the fish came from.There was never any news of a fishery or a fish pond losing its fish,or why they chose Muoi's home from the thousands of others in the Mekong Delta.

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