A mother duck and her little ducklings were on
their way to the lake one day. The ducklings were very happy following
their mother and quack-quacking along the way.
All of a sudden the mother duck saw a
fox in the distance. She was frightened and shouted, “Children, hurry to
the lake. There’s a fox!”
The ducklings hurried towards the lake.
The mother duck wondered what to do. She began to walk back and forth
dragging one wing on the ground.
When
the fox saw her he became happy. He said to himself, “It seems that
she’s hurt and can’t fly! I can easily catch and eat her!” Then he ran
towards her.
The mother duck ran, leading the fox away
from the lake. The fox followed her. Now he wouldn’t be able to harm
her ducklings. The mother duck looked towards her ducklings and saw that
they had reached the lake. She was relieved, so she stopped and took a
deep breath.
The fox thought she was tired and he came
closer, but the mother duck quickly spread her wings and rose up in the
air. She landed in the middle of the lake and her ducklings swam to
her.
The fox stared in disbelief at the mother
duck and her ducklings. He could not reach them because they were in
the middle of the lake.
Dear children, some birds drag one of their
wings on the ground when an enemy is going to attack. In this way they
fool their enemies into thinking they are hurt. When the enemy follows
them this gives their children time to escape.
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