We have two koi, 10 rosy red minnows, and 15 snails. A common question I get when someone sees our pond and fish for the first time is what the kois’ names are.
We haven’t gotten around to naming them yet, and I’d given it almost no thought, but as I peered down at them last night, the black and white one tapped its nose all over the rocks on the bottom, and the orange and white one fluttered between larger rocks. The names Fred and Ginger came to mind.
I’ll have to run the names by the family, and I’m not yet sold on them, but I do think it’s high time they were christened. Sorry, minnows and snails: you are too great in number and appear way too identical to one another to receive a name.
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