| While Zippy has the attention span of a goldfish, his wife has the focus of an electron microscope. | 
| Reclining on the futon, he gazes upon goldfish and koi swirling in the nearby pond and listens to softly falling water. | 
| It was a rather meek cat which did not go anywhere near the goldfish bowl and used the litterbox with admirable regularity. | 
| The heron resumed his beady-eyed stance, scanning the depths of the pond for an unwary goldfish. | 
| How many times have I seen the kitten looking at the goldfish in the brandy balloon, or the kitten hanging from a tree branch? | 
| I still remember the time my parents steered me clear of any stall where I might have won a goldfish. |