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    Default The mallard Duck

    Here is a very true event.
    It was a few years ago now but very touching and every word id true.
    Traffic often has to stop in the main road long side the brook for ducks and their ducklings to cross and it's rather a hoot to watch.

    The mallard Duck

    The Mallard duck, she came to school
    Not to learn or play the fool

    But to make a nest behind The Grange
    Where she laid nine eggs and all free range

    The duck was watched with a very close eye
    And we tiptoed quietly as we passed her by

    Now one of the teachers saw them hatch
    Nine little ducklings, what a batch

    He tweaked his beard and scratched his head
    Called some students and to them said

    “Come over here and have a look
    We’ll take these ducklings to the brook

    One of the caretakers looked on too
    Was it a circus or maybe a Zoo?

    To the caretaker I heard him say
    “Grab that duckling and walk this way

    A box for the last one, caw, what a lark
    Running after the others into the park

    The duck waddled after with a very loud quack
    They stopped all the traffic, there’s no turning back

    They climbed the railings without a falter
    Now ducklings and duck are safe in the water

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    Beryl R Ladd
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