Nothing educates a child about life and dead than no-moving turtles, no swiming goldfishes or little birds lying on the backyard after knocking itself all the way down by crashing on the window.
Daddy is a life's practical philosopher when he says "things go down the drain"
...he means it.

I want to learn to swim
like my goldfish does,
belly-up, without sinking
and no water up my nose.

I want to learn to swim
like my goldfish does,
but Daddy say's it's dead
and down the drain it goes.

I want to learn to swim
but not like a goldfish do,
no way they can make me
to dive inside that flush!