In most tellings the cat knocked the bowl off the table. Nothing says Romeo and Juliet are people; Shakespeare does that bit for you.
Romeo and Juliet are found dead on the floor. Around them is a puddle of water and some broken glass. There isn’t a mark on either of them, and nobody poisoned them. How did they die?
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Why does the water matter?
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They’re goldfish, and their bowl got smashed
Source: Agnes Rogers, How Come?, 1953, as Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice