Mallard Duck
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
My mother says...
"I've been very busy with my ducks this week. Do you remember that little duck that was left by the fox? Well, she sat by the edge of the river and waited and waited for a handsome wild drake to fly by but he didn't. They don't, do they? In the end I felt sorry for her because she was very lonely so I bought a drake at the market. He's extremely good looking and she fell head over heels in love immediately but she's the one in charge because she knows where everything is so she is showing him around at the moment."
and now they are playing ducks and drakes presumably ...
ReplyDelete4/10 for effort. I think you can do better than that, MrM.
Delete1,2,3,4,5,6 ... ducks in a row
DeleteMy mother was very fond of her ducks too. Myself, I found them all a bit bossy and demanding and used to tell them to eat weed.
ReplyDeleteI prefer ducks to geese. I don't like geese at all, all that wing-flapping and honking.
DeleteOh how I love that little snippet. Your Mum must be very lovely. What a lucky pair of ducks.
ReplyDeleteShe is lovely. Although I am not sure I understand her obsession with guinea pigs.
DeleteIt is a General Rule that if handsome wild drakes do fly by they don't stop. You have to go and get them. Wise mother.
ReplyDeleteThings you wish your mother had told you earlier in your life #243
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