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How the Duck got its webbed feet

by Abby Vanter

Pages 2 and 3 of 21

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At the start of time, when barely hours had passed, all animals had found their habitats and were occupied building shelters and dens –all that is for a grand, indolent creature called Mallard.

In the quiet, untouched marshland, few species had claimed their territory. Instead of being fairly rule, the ducks had taken reign and were in charge of the other animals. Mallard, who was the head duck, treated any other creature as a slave.

Usually, Mallard was so lethargic that he would be transported on a lily-pad with other ducks carrying it! Most days, he would stare, self-absorbed, at his reflection in the waters of marks whilst eating aquatic plants retrieved for him by other drakes.

Since Mallard was very smug about his appearance, it I very surprising not to see him
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admiring his orange, full triangle-shaped shaped feet or preening his feathers (an emerald green on his head and lush, chestnut feathers for his stout body).

Seeing himself as more important, Mallard would never think of other’s feelings, but only of what he though best. Due to this, when he stated the phrase, "Oh my!" It was not a pleasant phrase but a loathsome statement of something being unfashionable or disgusting. "Oh my!" was all that Mallard ever said. Not hello or goodbye. Just "Oh my!"
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admiring his orange, full triangle-shaped shaped feet or preening his feathers (an emerald green on his head and lush, chestnut feathers for his stout body).

Seeing himself as more important, Mallard would never think of other’s feelings, but only of what he though best. Due to this, when he stated the phrase, "Oh my!" It was not a pleasant phrase but a loathsome statement of something being unfashionable or disgusting. "Oh my!" was all that Mallard ever said. Not hello or goodbye. Just "Oh my!"