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The saga of Beethoven the duck began one summer day, when my brother Joel and I were in the process riding down the hill in front of our house as fast as possible on bikes. I was riding my newly purchased Free Spirit, while my brother was riding his old French ten speed. As was the custom, we raced down the first hill, across the field and down the second hill to the river. Needless to say, we stopped once before the river. On this day, however, upon walking our bikes back up the hill, my brother noticed an egg lying in the grass. There were also bloody pieces of another egg, along with the shell. My brother suggested that we retrieve our father, which is what we did, and my father, anxious to try out the electrical incubator he was to revcieve in a few days in the mail, snatched up the egg an put it in the refrigerator. When the incubator arrived some days later, the egg was placed in it, but the rolling machine didn't work, so it had to be done by hand. You may be familiar with Chuck Berry's "Roll over Beethoven," as was my father, and whenever it was
The weasel wanted the ducklings, and so did Beethoven. If Beethoven was out of the box and I walked away, the duck would not be far behind. I was there, looking at him when he came out of his shell, and so I was from that day forth, Beethoven's mother. If there is anything positive to draw from this unfortunate occurrence, it is this: Don't take your mother's love for granted. At my grandmother's I was free to do whatever I wanted to, and I spent almost the entire time pampering the duck. My mother heard these happenings, unfortunately, she couldn't get to the cage fast enough to stop the weasel. Weasels are nasty creatures, and they can get into places most animals can't. time to rotate the egg, he would say something about rolling Beethoven over, which became the egg's name. This became apparent during the spring. I played records for it, set up a heat lamp, and played with him. Also, one of the things in life everyone experiences at one time or another: one wishing to take the place of someone in an unfortunate situation to spare them the pain or embarrassment. We took Beethoven with us to keep him from feeling too abandoned. But she did succeed in protecting her babies, as all of them survived that tragic night. It was actually quite cute, the duck following me as if I was his mother.
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