They say elephants never forget. And apparently, neither do ducks...
So my human has been very busy at work lately, working long hours. This happens for about two months every year. But luckily for us, her friend and our best buddy comes to stay with us, so we still get plenty of walks, attention and TREATS. He's a bug guy - about 6'4" and I call him the Hulk. He goes to the gym every day and works out. I mention this physical description, because it is key in this story...
On Tuesday, the Hulk took Velcro dog and I out for our afternoon walk. He does this every day. We meandered up our long driveway, and crossed the road. It was a beautiful day. We walked along the side of the road, as there are cars going to the golf course down the road. As we walked along I started to pull to go into the ditch. I was pretty intent on going down there - on a leash of course. Velcro dog suddenly decided he wanted to go down there too. And that's when all heck broke loose.
Guess who was down in the weeds and brush on the side of the road? The duck. And although I didn't see them, I assume her ducklings were with her. I didn't get to SEE the ducklings because momma duck went CRAZY flying at us. Just like the other day. I think she remembered me. In fact, I'm SURE she did. She flew up, flapped her wings and started quacking at us. Which sent me (and Velcro dog) into a FRENZY. An absolute FRENZY.
The Hulk went to drag us across the road. And the duck followed. Dive bombing us. And quacking like mad. Cars were beeping their horns to get her off the road. And JUST when it looked like she was blocked from us by the cars, the traffic moved and she came back at us.
We were like two tornadoes spinning and barking like crazy on our leashes. The Hulk did everything in his power to hold onto us. And remember - he is the HULK. But, I forgot to mention, the Hulk has a bad knee. And he feared his knee was about to give out. He thought about going down into the ditch on the other side of the road, but figured he would never be able to drag us down there. He also felt he was losing ground. So what did he do? He sat down - thinking he could get more leverage against 80 lbs of PON. I'm not sure that was such a good idea. All the while he was sitting there, the tornadoes continued to spin and the duck continued her intermittent attack, only stopping for seconds as the odd car went by.
Luckily for the Hulk, the driver of one vehicle saw the PONdemonium, and came to his rescue. He grabbed Frodo's leash and the Hulk held onto me and we headed back to our driveway. The duck was still going crazy. Once we got to the driveway, the Hulk figured we were in the clear, so he thanked the stranger, grabbed Frodo and headed down toward the house. But guess who was WALKING down the driveway, right behind us, quacking all the way?! She went quite a distance before she headed back. And the Hulk could hear car horns when he got to the house, so he assumed she was crossing the road to get back to her kids.
The Hulk is worried that someone might have taken a video of the scene. If they did, it will no doubt go viral. So keep an eye out for a fun movie of us PONs. And a duck. I've always wanted to go viral...
I can't WAIT for our walk today! My human suggested we go out ONE at a time...
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