Today is Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard were beginning to molt. All their old wing feathers started to drop out. They couldn't fly until their new feathers grow in. Of course they could swim and one day they met a policeman called Michael, who fed them peanuts.After that, the Mallards called on Michael every day. Mrs. Mallard laid eight eggs in the nest. She had to stay in the nest and hatch the eggs. She moved off the nest only to get a drink of water, or to have her lunch, or to count the eggs and make sure they were all there.One day, the ducklings hatched out.Mr. and Mrs. Mallard were bursting with pride.One day, Mr. Mallard decided to take a trip. "I am going to meet you at the public garden," he said. Mrs. Mallard was a great mother. She taught them how to swim. And she taught them how to dive.She taught them to walk in a line, to come when they were called.And to keep a safe distance from bikes and scooters, and other things with wheels.One day she decided to take them to the public garden to meet Mr. Mallard.
