The Lost Ducky

In the little pond at dusk, Ducky was wading in the still water with his brothers and sisters. Mother Duck was watching them nearby. The pink hues of the sunset were fading into the engulfing darkness of night and the emerging stars twinkled at their reflections in the pond. The nearby canal that connected to the pond babbled and flowed beneath the fluttering bats and slithering snakes that were just awaking from their daytime slumber.

 Mother Duck called to her ducklings, "Let's head back to the shore and get snuggled in for bed!"

 All of the ducklings followed Mother Duck ðŸ¦†...except for Ducky. His little yellow tail wiggled back-and-forth as his webbed feet kicked and paddled towards a cluster of flitting dragonflies he had spotted across the pond. 

 When he turned around to make sure he hadn't gotten too far from his family, he was startled to see that they were gone. As he frantically turned his orange beak and eyes in each direction, he realized that he couldn't figure out the way home.

 "Quack! Quaaaack!" quacked Ducky. 😓

Next, Ducky started to swim in one direction and was immediately sucked into the current of the nearby canal. His little yellow feathered body spun around like a dreidel and he felt very dizzy. As he floated to the bank of the canal to refocus himself and find his way home, a fuzzy black bat and slithery, scaly green snake approached Ducky.

 "Well don't you look delicious?" whispered the bat with a sly smile.

 "I hope you brought the ketchup," hissed the creepy snake as his red tongue hung between his two sharp fangs.

 Ducky's eyed bulged in terror as the bat and snake steadily approached with hungry bellies...

 However, a flash of down feathers breezed by, and in an instant, the snake and bat were several yards away, gathering themselves out of a heap in some tall grass. Mother Duck scooped up Ducky in her warm feathery wing and scooted him home to his siblings.

 "Thank goodness I found you, you little rascal!" exclaimed Mother Duck.

 When they returned home, the gaggle of brothers and sisters pounced on Ducky, giving him nuzzles and splashes to welcome him back home safely. From then on, Ducky never strayed away from home near the murky canal again.

 The End.

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