The next few weeks went by much the same. The ducklings met their swimming trainer, aqua flash, and their flight trainer, bongo. they progressed through their levels at a fairly average rate, and though the trio enjoyed their classes, nothing out of the ordinary happened. Until week 12.
Training was going on as usual, nuts joking around a bit, Jadie giggling and snowberry laughing with them. Snowberry also tended to come up with little jingles to go with what they were doing. That day it was-
Flight training is fun
But I can't wait till I'm done
Exiting stuff never happens
And that's why I'm constantly rap'n!
Jadie giggle-squeaked at her friend's newest song. Moments after, they heard the speaker the familiar voice of Joe hollering for all ducks to assemble in the initiation courtyard. Confused and curious, all the ducklings in the class filed toward the courtyard with Bongo in the lead.
"I wonder what happened!", Jadie squeaked nervously, "What if something terrible attacked a trainee!"
"I'm sure everything's fine" Nuts replied, but Snowberry had to disagree. They wouldn't interrupt training unless something that threatened the barn and it's residence's safety happened.
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As the flight class went to their seats, Joe called over all the trainers, many of which were not recognizable to Snowberry and her friends. They must be from the other activities, Snowberry thought, trying to recall the other skills she would eventually be learning. There's running, swimming, flying, climbing, and...something else, Snowberry racked her brain for the final skill, but before she could recall it, Joe began frantically squawking into the microphone.
"All classes are cancelled and you are to stay in your dorm sections until further notice. The, um, issue that has arisen will be announced on the intercom tomorrow". With ruffled feathers, the running trainer scurried off with his fellow trainers.
"What!" Snowberry exclaimed angrily, "he's not gonna tell us what's going on?"
"Guess not." Nuts said, untroubled by the worry of his teacher, "we'd better head back to our rooms."
"How about," Jadie squeaked excitedly,"we investigate!"
Snowberry couldn't help but agree. "We're finding out what's happening whether they want us to or not."
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Life of a duck
RandomSnowberry is new to barn 288. She had just been sold to her new mistress, and was exited to finally see the world outside her incubator. Her new life is starting out well. She's begun running training with joe, a professional runner from the old ra...
