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Hey, I’m Gilbert! Don’t mind me if I get a few laps in during the interview. I’m working on my beach bod before spring break. Just gotta keep swimming … sorry, if you don’t want to continue the interview, that’s fine. Keep going? Okay.

I just came to Elizabethtown College a few weeks ago. My mom, Riley, picked me up from the store when she was home. Her mom got me to be another friend for her to take care of. Now I live in Myer along with Eugene, Duncan and Turbo.

Eugene is a fish, but he isn’t as active as I am. I wanna race him, but he says he doesn’t feel like it. Honestly, Eugene only swims because he has to. I think he was a cat in a past life. Poor Duncan, he’s Eugene’s snail. Duncan keeps him company, and they hang out most of the time. Turbo’s my snail, and we live together. We’re pretty chill roommates and get along easily. I would race him more, but I win every time, so it gets boring. I need a real challenger. If only they allowed frogs on the swim team here.

I’m enjoying my new home so far. Granted, I’ve only known the pet store, but Etown is way better than that. I am excited to go back to my mom’s home for spring break, though. Then after the break I can compare both environments!

Eugene says that it’s better at home, and he’s been with my mom longer, so I guess he knows the difference. I believe they’ve been together for three years. My mom picked Eugene up at the same pet store as me. It’s a shame we didn’t get to meet before I came home with her. It would have been cool to live together for a while then move to a new home together.

As you probably already guessed, I love to swim. I also like to hide in my plants. They are the best places to nap.

The foliage covers me up and shelters me from the world. Turbo sometimes crashes with me. Yeah, there’s not much to do as a frog. I do get to hang out with my mom while she’s doing her homework. I try not to swim around as much when she’s working so I don’t distract her.

My mom’s finishing up her first year at Etown, and I hope I can come back with her next year. She isn’t involved on campus yet, but she is keeping her options open as well as focusing on her studies.

My mom’s studying Environmental Science here at Etown. I think that’s so exciting. She can learn all about how African clawed frogs should have bigger tanks and have more friends to spend time with.

Or at least, that is what I would want. At the very least, I would like a new tank environment. Man, I hope I get some new plants to hang out in, or Eugene and I can live in the same tank together! Then I’ll definitely make him race me!