Clever Duck by Dick King-Smith

Author:Dick King-Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2011-05-17T04:00:00+00:00

Once he was out of sight, Damaris flew down to the pen. It isn’t easy for ducks to perch like chickens, but the top of the half door was quite wide, and she managed to balance on it. Inside, there was a babble of noise, and it was plain to Damaris, listening, that the General was no longer in command.

“Now look what you’ve gotten us into,” said one sow.

“First you walk the legs off us!”

“Then you let us eat all those sugar-beet tops!”

“And we get the trots!”

“Then we get beaten black and blue with clubs and sticks!”

“And finish up in this poky little hole!”

“With nothing to eat!”

“Ladies! Ladies! Please!” The boar snorted, but they took no notice of him.

“Calls himself a general,” someone said. “A general disaster, he is!”

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