Let the record show, it took five years, two months, and two days for Mila to look at the pond and think to herself, "That's a place where I should be standing," as she crawled in.
That's about three years longer than I would have predicted. Mila is the Queen of Bad Ideas and it just seemed like the kind of bad idea she would have. Alexis, on the other hand, would NEVER. NEVER EVER. NO WAY.
Having kids who are opposites is fun.
ANYWAY. The reason Mila suddenly decided she should stand in the pond is that she has tadpoles she needs to visit. Five of them, to be exact. There is no room in the inn for anything that might be a fish since the mystery Koi will grow up and be huge and the whole thing is going to be too crowded. That means no more feeder fish thrown in for fun, no more picking out fancy comets, nothing. THERE WILL BE NO MORE FISH. So we settle for tadpoles, I guess.
(I'm talking to myself, mostly. If we get more fish, I'll have to make the pond even bigger and LET ME JUST TELL YOU HOW WELL THAT PROJECT GOES. Actually, I'd rather not talk about it.)
So Mila has all of these tadpoles she needs to visit, but they're hard to see in the pond. It totally makes sense that she would crawl in so she can see better, right? It makes even more sense that she has decided she needs to catch them and pet them because it will make them happy.
They didn't say it would make them happy. Tadpoles can't talk. That's why Mila speaks on their behalf. She advocates for them, or so she claims. They just want to be happy and they're happiest when their humans are petting them.
I know. I don't quite believe it either. Mila swears it's true, though.
Obviously, what started out as a bad idea has turned into a terrible idea, so if you were wondering why I keep screeching, "BACK AWAY FROM THE POND!" in my squeakiest, meanest voice, that's it. Mila is going to spend all of her hours cornering the poor tadpoles and I'm going to spend all of my hours telling her to knock it off.
It's the circle of life.