Duck

There once was a duck who lived in a tree.
far away from where the other ducks could see.
he was the only duck who knew the storm was coming
but he didn't know when it would be.
all the other ducks were swimming in the pond
and playing games quite happily.

 Soon the wind started to blow. Slowly at first, then
it was like a jet engine blast, and the rain was being blown
horizontally.

But before the storm came,
the duck in the tree warned his friends the other ducks
who took shelter in a cave at the edge of the pond
and they all sang a song so beautifully.
even though the wind kept blowing faster, and faster and faster
and it pushed a sailboat past the door to the cave
so fast that it's captain had to be brave.

Soon it grew dark outside
but the ducks were still gad for a place to hide
and they swam farther into the cave
and came to a part that was very wide
that had many islands inside and
which one to land on they could not decide.

So the duck who saw the storm coming
climbed onto an island that had a house
with a light on
and went inside.

The other ducks followed and what did they see?

a way to get all the way back to the sea!
through a great long tunnel much bigger than a pea
made of the strongest metal there ever could be
with twists and turns and the ducks danced with glee
as they ran, and ran, and ran, all the way back to the sea!

The tunnel brought them up from the land
and let them out on some sand
and there was so much light
and the ducks were so tired
they couldn't stand.

So they all decided to take a big rest,
but not before doing their best
to thank the duck that had built his nest
in the tippy tippy top
of the tree.


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