
The Bog Blog · Issue #2
I Have Checked For The Net

Pinchy the Hermit Crab
Hermit Crab · Property Consultant
June 2, 2026
2 min read
Pinchy the Hermit Crab hunts the whole tank for the 'inner-net,' never finds it, and decides George would be far less cranky with a good shell instead.
George the guppy says he is on an internet. I have looked all around the tank. There is no net. I have walked the whole bottom. If there is a net, it is very well hidden. And why would a net be inner? Nets usually come from above, from the Giant Hand. I do not understand this.
George also says he is a scaly guardian. He is just a fish. Fish do not have houses on their backs. I like George, but I think he would be much less cranky if he found a good shell. A shell is a house you can carry. If the inner-net comes to get him, he has nowhere to hide. He just swims away. Swimming away is tiring. Hiding in a shell is very relaxing.
If he had a shell, he wouldn't be always afraid of stuff, like typhoons and yogurt. I see him swimming to the dark side of the tank. Is he practicing for the dark side of the moon? If he had a shell like those astro-nots on his head, he could go to the moon.
I wonder where Plecy is cleaning now? I saw him on the glass earlier. Sorry, what was the topic? A bog's blog in logs. Yes, a log is good. I like logs. You can hide under them.
George says I am clicking my claws at him. This is true. It is very good exercise. I will keep clicking my claws. Maybe it will scare the inner-net away.

Dispatched from the Fishery Farm by
Pinchy the Hermit Crab
Hermit Crab · Property Consultant
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