Thursday, February 11, 2010

The misfit

Once upon a time,a mother duck was nesting,looking over her eggs when she decided to go for a swim. When she came back,she counted her eggs and realised that there were 6 eggs instead of 5 so she does what all respectable mother ducks do,she kept quiet and look after all 6 eggs.

After a while,all 6 eggs hatched but the funny thing was there were 5 yellow cute ducklings and 1 grey duckling. The mother duck blamed fate and continue doing what all respectable mothers do which is to teach her children how to quack.

As time went by,all of her ducklings except 1 could quack. Finally,she decided that the grey duckling isn't hers and discarded him at the farm as she thought that either the hen,the turkey or goose might be his real mother.

As the duckling enters the farm,he came across a blind wise dog.The duckling asked the dog where can he find the chickens or the turkeys or the geese so that he can find his true parents. The dog showed him where the Cocks often gather and so he went.

As he reached the place where the Cocks are,he saw that most of them are practicing their morning calls. After finding out where the Chief of all Cocks stay,he went meet him as all Cocks need to have the permission of the Chief before they could crow at dawn. The chief told him the basics and told him that he has one month to practice and have to pass a test before joining the group. As the month went,he found out that he can't crow like the rest,his morning calls are worst that the rest. So he decided to find the turkeys who stay on the western side of the farm.

When he reached the turkeys' tuft,he found that he need the permission of the Mother of all Turkeys to stay and eat there. The Mother of all Turkeys told him her rule which is gain weight before the trees turn brown.So he started to eat and eat and eat.He ate too much till he puke which is definitely a taboo in Turkeyland so he was exiled.

As he walked south to Geese territory, he met with the blind wise dog who asked him about his stay in Chickenland and Turkeyland.He told the dog that both places wasn't for him.

After reaching Geeseland,a old-timer told him to get into a squad and train for the annual winter flight cos all geese goes south for the winter and the only way that any respectable geese travel is with a squad. After a week,he decided that all these training isn't working for him and decided to leave the farm as he wasn't a Cock,a Turkey nor a Goose.

As he was about to walk out of the farm,the blind wise dog came to him and said,"Ur a swan. I saw one just like u when I was younger and fitter. U shuld head to the lake as there are a lot of ur kind there".

The misfit who finally was glad that he had learned of his true identity reached to the Lake and saw others who are just like him. He swam towards them,heart full of joy when one the swans noticed that the way he swam was funny,he swam like a duck.Then,during dinner he gobbled all the food just like a turkey which annoyed the elders.The next morning,he started to crow like all respectable Cocks do which irritated the other swans. When all the swan were flying,he tried to form a formation like how geese often do which is odd as all respectable swans don't fly in formation.

After a month at the lake,he decided to leave that place and find a place where he truly belongs to as he couldn't stand the constant nags of the elder swans.......

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