Sucky news today. The massive 1m long Koi Fish that lives in the lake at work, has gone to the big Koi Farm in the sky. A dog walker told us this morning, so it became my job to try to get the body out of the lake. He was bloody heavy and very cumbersome. My guess on why he passed away is that it has been too hot for him the past few weeks. The lake itself is very shallow, it would average out to being about knee deep. Waist deep if you really hunt about, and ankle deep in other places. I think he may have gotten caught in one of the more shallow areas on the last string of near 40 degree days we've had. The water heats up really quickly in those parts and it might have done some damage to him. He was a well loved fish though. I have been stopped twice today, by people wanting to know either what happened to him (they saw him floundering and gasping last night), or wondering where he is. Im sure I will be stopped many more times, the little kids loved to point him out when they could see him swimming about. He will be missed. Rest In Peace dude, after many years of swimming on your own, may you be part of a magnificent and welcoming school in the sky.
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