Jake. Seriously?! I am a Doitsu Chagoi queen. A girl. Whose idea was “Jake”?
I came to Ken Matthews Garden Center when I was a teenager and now, almost 10 years later, I own this place. It’s my job to keep tabs of every person who passes by the pond.
You won’t see a lot of me in the summer. I hate summer. I don’t have scales and my back got sunburned once while I was resting in my favorite spot on the rocks. Now, I just stay under the lily pads for most of the day - unless, of course, you have my special food and treats.
I share my pond with two big friends, Boogly and MJ, all kinds of frogs, tadpoles, mosquito fish, snails and sometimes snakes. Everyone knows I’m the boss though.
My favorite thing to do is swim fast and flip out of the water especially when the sun goes down. I love to swim through the sprinkler too when it’s on. And I always try to scare Danielle when she comes in to clean the algae out. I bump her when she’s not looking.
Spring and Fall are my favorite times because it’s so busy here. New fish and plants come in and find happy homes like mine. In winter, I just sit at the bottom of the pond and dream about all of the people I saw and all of the things I’m going to do when it warms up again.
It’s good to be queen.