back online

i've been offline for three days due to a computer crash. we had to completely delete everything, so now i am working on putting it alllll back :) fun! a very nice man worked on it for hours and hours. thank you, nice man.



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we got E a chopper-like three wheeler (not motorized, but with pedals) and took them to the park to try it out. he is about an inch and a half too short of being able to comfortably pedal, so we took a walk around the pond instead. which is where we saw the big brawl unfold like an itchy picnic blanket laid out on dirt. (?)

the story is told through our conversation:

S: Look at the goose! he's watching over the eggs...er, uh, egg.
T: isn't that the female
S: oh. i don't know. do you see that egg?! (changing the topic)
T: yep.
E: where's the duck?! where's the egg?!
S: see? on the island!
E: COME HERE, DUCK!

(walking further)

S: Whoa! look at that big ol' noggin on that goose!
T: wow. hey, look, they're mating. (some ducks)
S: ha! those are the same ones who were at it last time.
T: look at her, she's whoopin' his tail.
S: oh my word! look at her peckin' at him! oh my word!
T: look now there's two of them!
S: are they going to drown him?! uh oh, here comes the big noggin goose. she'll take care of business.
T: isn't that a male?
S: i don't know!! i bet she's the queen goose. i wonder if she is the queen because she's got a big noggin.

(queen goose swims casually over to the brawl, as if she sees this all the time)

S: she's coming to save the day. look at her. oh my word, they're killing him.
T: E, come on this side. (moving him away from the brawl)

(Queen makes it under the bridge where she squawks very loudly and breaks all the ducks up. each duck, now there were like 6 involved, goes its own separate way. Queen swims back to her side of the pond with an air of casual victory.)

S: look, they're all just swimming away as if nothing happened. man, that goose has a big noggin.



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i wonder if that male duck ever thanked Queen for saving his life. knowing him, he'll be at it again tomorrow. poor duck. he'll never learn.

yes, those are the same geese i was talking about the other day in my previous post. like i said before, they are pretty from far away.



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