The tale of 8 fish...

WELL... the Chinese are all about folk stories so I've decided to write one of my own.. as you can see I've entitled it "The tale of 8 fish" here goes...

Once there was an adorable American girl from TN who decided to move to China to teach English. She packed her bags and through much difficulty she arrive at her final destination..Changzhi University. She met many very friendly people there, in particular a group of girls who refer to themselves as "The Sisters". The Sisters were so kind to this foreigner and they made her feel very welcome in this new land. One day while visiting the American one of the sisters commented on the grotesque smell lingering in the air inside the living room. "Maybe it's coming from the furniture we should clean it" they decided. Thursday they cleaned all the furniture and the smell seemed to lessen, however it returned just as potent as before. By Saturday another sister offered to come investigate the apartment for the smell. So two sisters came and along with the American they cleaned the furniture again TWICE. During the second duration of the cleaning the American located something awful! A dead fish lay rotten wedged into the upholstery of the sofa! It turns out another foreigner used this furniture before and for some reason hated China and decided to revoke by ruining a perfectly good living room suit. After several hours the girls, along with the director and a maintenance man discovered 8 fish in all split between an armchair and the sofa.
Now the room that once only smelled like hidden rotten fish has a distinct aroma of dead rotting fish, bleach, lemon air freshener, bathroom cleaner, and vinegar. Yummy.
Hooray for adventures in China!