The Beginning

On a hot summer day in June, the most unexpected friendship would begin.

Bluebird would say it was a day just like any other. He was happily swimming about in his favorite pond at the edge of the forest. It was no strange thing that the birds were loudly twittering at him from their perches in the trees. The other bluebirds were especially cruel and felt it was undignified for a bluebird to swim. Bluebird had learned to ignore their mocking. Of course, he did feel lonely and without a friend, but he drowned it out with his passion for swimming in the cool blue waters.

Ducky, on the other hand, would say it was a day like no other. He was happily flying in the clear blue skies. For a duck, he was unusually accomplished at flying. His aerial tricks made him a target in flocks of ducks everywhere. Ducky made them look bad with his beautiful maneuvers. He learned to leave his loneliness behind by launching himself to the heights and swirling back down in perfectly loopy loops.

On this fateful day, a horrible accident would crush the loneliness in Bluebird and Ducky’s worlds. A BUG! A tiny, little gnat, of all things, would bring these two together. You see, Ducky had neglected to wear his safety goggles and that tiny, little gnat went SPLAT!- right in Ducky’s eye. And when that gnat went SPLAT in Ducky’s eye, Ducky was suddenly in a tailspin that plunged him into the deep water of Bluebird’s favorite pond. Normally, being plunged into deep waters wouldn’t be a problem for a duck BUT, Ducky, having perfected flying, had neglected to learn how to swim!

Bluebird witnessed Ducky’s phenomenal SPLASH into the cool blue waters of his favorite pond. He waited with anticipation for Ducky to bob back to the top, as any duck would. When Ducky didn’t show his yellow head, Bluebird dove under the waters to see what this daring duck was doing. To his dismay, this daring duck’s yellow face was now turning blue and sporting a frightfully panicked expression. Bluebird wasted not one second in rescuing this daring duck from the depths. With Ducky under his wing, he rose to the surface.

You might think that Ducky was rescued on that day. In fact, both Ducky AND Bluebird were rescued on that day. The famous friendship that resulted rescued them both from the depths of loneliness. Now every day is spent together in fun and adventures! Of course, Ducky now wears a life jacket on days when they go swimming.

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