an: please take this seriously i worked really hard on it and if you don't like it then i will cry
A DUCK WALKED UP TO THE LEMONADE STAND. HE SAID TO THE MAN RUNNING THE STAND,"HEY!" THE DUCK BOBBED A LITTLE AS IF HE WAS BOPPING ALONG TO A TUNE IN HIS HEAD. "GOT ANY GRAPES?"THE MAN SAID, "NO, WE JUST SELL LEMONADE..." HE FOUGHT THE URGE TO ROLL HIS EYES, INSTEAD LOOKING DOWN AT THE DUCK WITH A WELCOMING, SERVICE-FRIENDLY SMILE. AFTER HIS WIFE HAD LEFT HIM, HE HAD FOUND THAT SHE WAS SLOWLY TAKING AWAY EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD EVER KNEW. IF HE WERE TO LOSE HIS JOB, HE'D TRULY HAVE NOTHING LEFT. HE CONTINUED HIS SELLING OF HIS PRODUCT.
"BUT IT'S COLD, AND IT'S FRESH, AND IT'S ALL HOME-MADE!" HE GAVE THIS EVERYTHING HE HAD, HE HADN'T MADE A PROFIT IN MONTHS, AND THOUGH HE HATED TO ADMIT IT, THIS DUCK WAS PROBABLY HIS ONLY CHANCE TO LEAVE THE DEBT HE HAD FOUND HIMSELF IN. THE DUCK LOOKED UP AT THE MAN WITH A UNINTERESTED LOOK, AND THE MAN'S HEART DROPPED. HE WAS USED TO REJECTION FROM HIS CUSTOMERS, BUT THE CERTAIN SENSE OF DISAPROVAL SHOWN BY THE SMALL, MOIST YELLOW CREATURE MADE HIM PANIC LIKE NEVER BEFORE. HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO ACCEPT HIS FATE, BUT NOW? HE COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING BUT IMPRESSING THE CUSTOMER. HIS CUSTOMER. WITH WHAT HE WOULD INSIST WAS AN ACT OF DESPERATION, HE SWAYED HIS HIPS BEHIND THE COUNTER, SENDING THE MAMMAL A FLIRTATIOUS WINK. "CAN I GET YOU A GLASS?"
AS THE SENTENCE LEFT HIS LIPS, HE STARED INTENTLY INTO THE DUCK'S EYES. SEARCHING FOR A RESPONSE, ANY RESPONSE. HELL, NOT EVEN A RESPONSE, JUST ANYTHING AT ALL TO CHANGE IN THE LARGE, FLUTTERING EYES OF THE FLUFFY CREATURE. AS HE STARED, HE WATCHED AS THE DUCK'S FEATHER'S RUFFLED SLIGHTLY, HIS BROAD, FEATHERY WINGS FLAPPING AT HIS SIDES. HE FELT PROUD AT THE REACTION, AND CONTINUED TO SMILE AT THE DUCK. "I'LL PASS." THE DUCK SAID. THE MAN FELL BACK, HIS MOUTH HANGING OPEN. HAD HE REALLY BEEN REJECTED BY A DUCK? NOT ONLY JUST A DUCK, BUT THE SEXIEST DUCK HE HAD EVER SEEN IN HIS ENTIRE LIFE. THE MAN WAS ENRAGED, WATCHING AS THE DUCK SLOWLY WADDLED AWAY.
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WADDLE
AND HE WAITED, UNTIL THE VERY NEXT DAY.
