Scrooge: Whuuuffh! Ye're gettin' WAY too big for yer age, Lassie! One o' these days, I might not be able to lift ye off yer heels!
Scrooge: Now, where did you hide that book you swiped from me archives?
Scrooge: Quackfaster called to let me know. Come now Darling, ye didn't REALLY think ye'd managed to slip that one past her, did ye? She may have a few of her screws loose, but I'll be durned if that woman doesn't know how to keep track of a few dusty old memoirs.
Scrooge: Don't worry dear, ye're in no trouble. Just be sure to let someone know you want to take something out BEFOREHAND, alright? I've enough trouble running off any robbing rapscallions who want my gold. I don't need to worry about someone making off with the story o' me life, especially when some...SENSITIVE information may be present within those contents. You understand?
Scrooge: Good girl. Anyway, the only reason I ask is because I know ye love it whenever I read that stuff aloud, and I figured what's in that PARTICULAR book would make fer a fun bedtime story before we all turn in fer the night.
Scrooge: Thank ye kindly. Hmmnh... You get settled in now, while I figure out...Where to start... Glory be, I haven't looked o'er this one since the 60's, have I? Too bad, these really were some of the most IMPACTFUL moments o' me life! Starting from the first time I was ever betrayed in Africa, by a former prospector pal by the name of...(was it Doofus? No, no parent could possibly hate their child THAT much) and ending right about when my days in the good ol' Klondike came to a close!
Scrooge: Oh, if only I had the words to do the place JUSTICE, Lass! The virgin beauty of the untamed wilderness! The night sky, filled with dazzling stars and wayward comets, serving as my only company in that vast uncanny valley! And last but not at all least, the extraordinary physical strength and prowess I had at the prime of my youth, my muscles, dexterity, precision, and stamina all trained to the peak of perfection!
Scrooge: Ah, those were the days! And, even though I never got away with even an ounce of gold from White Agony Creek, I gained something quite a bit more valuable in its pla-Say! I never DID tell you that story, did I? Seems a bit of an oversight, considering it's what practically began yours. That's right, darling! Get comfy, cause this is going to be a big one! Here's the story of...
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The Duckburg Shuffle
FanfictionIt is said that with every choice we make, we create a parallel reality where we chose something else. In the world we know, Scrooge Mcduck and Goldie O' Gilt fell in love, but chose to remain apart, playing a game of cat and mouse that would go on...