Action without Consequence

So there was this duck. A female duck ... "Duckette" - that's a good name. Duckette had three children. Ducky, Duckbill and Duckbutt. For short, she used to call them One, Bill and Butt. Cause the first duckling would have been just Y ... or Ee. And that wouldn't really make much sense now, would it?

She was a single duck-mom - their dad killed by a hunting rifle - but she raised them with all the love and care that could be afforded by a single duck-mom. She awoke even before the sun had time to brush its teeth to find that early worm. Only the best regurgitated worms and fish would do for her precious trio. And she loved each of them infinitely and equally.

It was with this extreme care and love that the three Ducklings grew up to be proud and cheerful duck- ... men. One, being the eldest, lay down the law for his duck siblings and often led the flock on their long, biannual journeys. He was, undoubtedly, the most headstrong of the three.

Bill, being the middle duckling, was always in a mood of complete satisfaction. With the immediate protection offered by One and the "occasional" slave status of Butt, there was no pleasure in ducklife that he missed out on. Rumors flew around the flock that several ducklings every year were his offspring, though he refused to admit it, usually neck-deep in flirting with the latest duckwoman to join the herd.

Butt, perhaps the most loved in the equally adored trio, was also the most turbulent. Being the "butt" of every one of Bill's jokes over time embittered him. It may seem simple and childish, but ... Butt was still a duckling at heart - always the cutest and youngest duckling around. Childhood was what Butt knew and did best.

To be continued



This may seem like an awfully long tome merely to delineate the ... unique features of each brother, but it shall serve its purpose in time. And, yes, I am full aware that a Male duck is a Drake and a Female duck is a Hen.