“ Duck ’ s Wrong Turn ”
One hot day , Duck set out to find a pond where he could take a swim . After waddling along for a while , he arrived at a fork in the road where a beaver had just finished painting a sign .
“ Is there a pond near here ?” Duck asked Beaver . “ I ’ m dying for a swim .”
“ There is a pond of cool water just up the road to the right ,” said Beaver . “ See , I just finished painting the sign .”
“ But that way goes uphill , and in these feathers that would be uncomfortable on this hot day ,” said Duck . “ I like the path to the left better . It goes downhill .”
“ But there ’ s only one way to the pond ,” said Beaver . “ The arrow points the way .”
“ I ’ ll fix that ,” said Duck . He took Beaver ’ s brush and made some changes to the sign .
“ That didn ’ t move the pond ,” said Beaver .
“ Thanks for your help ,” said Duck , waddling merrily down the path to the left .
“ Watch out for the fox around the bend ,” Beaver called after him . But beavers have soft voices , and Duck was already quite far down the road .
Moral : If there ’ s only one way , it ’ s foolish to say another way is okay .
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