Where’s Mommy?Text, Models and Images

ByCharlie Farrell

2014

One day Mother Duck sat down in her nest and laid three blue eggs. She sat down on the eggs to keep them warm.

About two weeks later a sly fox sneaked up to the nest tried to steal and then eat the eggs! Mother Duck quacked and quacked in alarm and led the fox away from the nest.

A little crack appeared on one of the eggs. A tiny duckling popped out! He wandered of wondering “Where’s Mommy?”

A second duckling popped out soon after. He was also looking for his Mommy!

The third duckling came out of his egg last. He was hungry and the thought of Mommy never crossed his mind!

The first duckling came across his Mommy.

His Mommy decided to call him Tony.

The second duckling found a cat. He began to think that he had found his Mommy!

The third duckling who was not very smart and found a potato. He began to think he had found his Mommy too, but he was still hungry!

Mommy and Tony were walking along when they met a pig. He hadn’t seen Tommy or the not-so- smart duckling. They had to keep going as neither duckling was there.

Next Mommy and Tony also came across a cat. They went to take a look... and Tommy was behind the cat! Tommy did not want to leave. He wanted to stay with his new Mommy.

Mommy and Tony came to a halt at a half eaten potato and a guilty looking duckling! He was Tony’s other brother. He wanted to stay with the potato!

After the big walk home to the farm they were both born on, Tony and his Mommy went over to their nest and slept the night away!

Strange but True • When ducklings

hatch out of their eggs the first thing they see, they think is their Mommy. This cat in County Carlow adopted some ducklings who thought she was their Mommy.