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why didn't the duck cross the road?

Carol  ·  Dec 5, 2016

this question will forever haunt me.

today while i was working, i came across a domestic duck just sitting right in the middle of a busy road.
yikes, dumb duck!
so i pull over and walked over to her and she got up and crossed the road.
i spent the next 10 minutes trying to catch her but i was late for my next client and my bladder was already bursting and chasing after a wayward duck in a wet and snowy field with dress shoes and a full bladder is pretty damn stupid!
the damn duck won and i left her to it.

once back onto the road, i saw a lame and mangy coyote about 50 feet away.
shit! was he hunting that damn duck? and had she decided the middle of a busy road was the safest place to be when a lame and mangy coyote was in the vicinity?
arghhh. i was late..and i really needed to pee.
i knew that damn duck could fly because she kept flying away from me.
i felt bad going on but that damn duck was faster and smarter than me.


when i headed back into town from seeing my client, i looked for the damn duck and the lame coyote and couldn't find either one.
so i am hoping the duck outsmarted the coyote but i also felt bad cuz the coyote was lame and mangy and sadly probably needed a good meal.

but please god not that damn duck who hopefully was smarter and faster than me AND the lame and mangy coyote.

rescue sucks.

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