Eerie, Indiana double drabble: Ducks on a Lake

[froodle]

They sat on one of the old green-painted benches at the edge of the lake, eating greasy hot dogs that dripped mustard and fried onions onto their laps and watching the birds on the water.

"Hey look," said Marshall, pointing. "There's that one white duck who always hangs out with the goose. He's on his own today."

The white duck spun at the sound of his voice, glaring at him through narrowed eyes and quacking angrily.

Marshall lowered his hand.

"He hates me," he whispered conspiratorially.

Eddie belched, loudly. On Marshall's other side, Nick gave an appreciative thumbs up.

"I'm a bit like a duck," he confided. "All humans are basically ducks, when you think about it."

Marshall stared at his friend for a long, long time.

"What?" he said finally, not knowing how else to respond.

"Yeah," said Nick. "I can swim, he can swim. I can walk, he can walk."

They sat in silence, considering this.

"I mean, obviously there's a different skill level involved," Nick went on, warming to his theme. "Like, my natural state is walking, but I can swim if have to. His natural state is swimming, but he can walk if he has to."

"Ducks can fly," said Eddie.

"What?" said Nick. "No they can't. When have you ever seen a duck fly?"

"Every autumn," said Marshall. "They migrate."

"Oh," said Nick.

Eddie laughed.

"I can't believe you thought you were as good as a duck," he said, wiping his eyes. "What an idiot. Nobody's got three walking Nicks on their hallway wall."

Out on the lake, the white duck quacked in approval before paddling swiftly away. The boys watched it go.

"That duck's really up itself," said Nick resentfully. "Don't feel bad that it hates you, Mars."

"It's jealous," said Marshall.



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Comments

[evilinsanemonkey]

Mars has some very interesting conversations with these two

[froodle]

Nick and Eddie are true conversationalists for the ages!

[deifire]

*dies and is ded*

[froodle]

Nick is really hurting over this duck related revelation. His whole world view is shattered.