I’ve always wanted a pet duck. I rarely tell people. It’s just unrealistic.
I first realised I wanted a duck, when I was in secondary school. My friend lived next to a duck farm. He said he could get me an egg, if I wished. This excited me because when a duckling is born it forms a bond with the first thing it sees. Imagine a duck-mini-me!
Dad put an end to the dream. He said a duck would not have a chance in our neighbourhood what with all the cats and dogs. I thought the greatest impracticality was that we did not have a pond. It appeared I was wrong.
Someday, I am going to buy a house in the country. I am going to fill it with all the ducks and dogs I can.
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my dad had a pet duck when he was a kid