The Disobedient Duckling

The Disobedient Duckling

There was a river named Palar. There lived a beautiful duck family. There was father duck, mother duck (mallard) and two little ducklings. The youngest duckling's name was Tucker. He was a very naughty duckling. He never listened to his parents. Tucker was not obedient to his parents. The father duck always advised Tucker to not to swim beyond the bridge in the river. But, Tucker was not listening to that advice.

One day, Tucker swam up to the bridge. When he tried to cross, his elder sibling noticed and stopped him. The next day also he wanted to go beyond the bridge. When he tried to cross the bridge, his mother saw that and stopped him from going there. Also, the mother duck told Tucker that it was so dangerous to go that side of the river. Tucker did not listen to his mother's words.

The third day, he swam near the bridge; he turned around to see if his mother or elder sibling looked at him. No one saw him. He swam beyond the bridge. He swam so happily. He was far away from their place. It was getting dark. Tucker wanted to take rest. He saw a rock in the middle of the river. The rock seemed to be floating on the water. Tucker swam towards the rock and climbed over it.

The rock started moving and Tucker saw it completely. That was not a rock. It was a big crocodile. Tucker was so frightened to see that creature. He was stunned and could not move. Tucker's father duck came in search of him. Seeing Tucker's father duck, the crocodile turned towards him. This gave sometime for Tucker to realize he should fly away now. He shouted “Dad! I am here!”. Both of them flew at the same time. It was a narrow escape from the crocodile.

Father duck told Tucker that the bridge has been a gate to protect them from crocodile and Tucker will be safe then. Tucker felt sorry for not obeying his parents. Thereafter, Tucker obeyed his parents and listened to their advice. He grew up to be a good duck and their family lived happily in the river.

Moral : Always obey your parents. Show respect to their words.

Home (Loosely based on story by Yer Jenny Lo)