Sunday, Nov 22, 2020 at 12:13
Further to the duck/duckling theme, Jim,
I used to work in the control tower at Bankstown, which overlooked not only the airfield, but the golf course behind which had a
dam just inside the boundary fence, across the road from the tower.
One day during a lull in traffic I watched a family of ducks being harassed by a rather fat Labrador being exercised in the golf course.
One parent kept watch over the brood, the other pretended a broken wing and enticed the dog to chase it. Of course, it kept ahead and, maintaining its act, went into the
dam where it continued to flap about in the water.
The dog went in, as I supppose a Labrador would, but could not keep up and started going under. Owner had to leap in to save it and when that was done, broken-wing went back to the brood and continued doing what duck do.
They're clever, those ducks - cleverer it seems than man's best friend, and perhaps it's owner. At least on this occasion.
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