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Learning to listen to your wife
After 40 years of marriage I should know by now that “you should always listen to your wife.” About 20 years ago we lived on a lake, and in order to complete the environment, I purchased six ducks. One of our neighbors was so excited that she immediately named them fish names. My wife was not as excited and warned me that I was making a big mistake. After scrubbing the docks several times and shooing the ducks out of our neighbor’s garden (he had shot and killed the duck named Crappie), I quickly found a home for the remaining five. Some years later we moved from the lake to our present home. Over the years we have added a big fishpond and several small in-ground fishponds. To make the picture complete, I purchased two geese. Shortly after, two wild ducks appeared and made their home on our pond, which is only about 200 yards from our house. Again, I soon realized I was so wrong, because not only did the geese and drakes enjoy our big pond, but they also loved our yard, our deck and even our small ponds. So I decided one morning to chase them to the river that is about a mile behind our house. I even witnessed them jumping into the river. I returned home and told my wife that the problem was solved and never again would we be bothered with them. My wife said she thought they’d be back by morning. Less than an hour later, when we were sitting out on our deck, what did I hear coming back up from the river? You guessed it right: my four, feathered friends were returning home from their swim. Robert T. Walker Jr. |
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