Day 42

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Inspiration: J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield while he's in the mental health facility in California

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Holden's always liked ducks. Not birds. Birds were lousy. He liked watching ducks swim around in ponds and fuss over one another. But he worried. Especially in the winter. Worried if they were warm enough. If they had enough to eat. 

California ducks kept warm. He didn't worry about them as much. Watching the ducks was probably about his favorite thing to do in California. They had a little pond at the hospital. His doctor said he could visit the ducks now. 

Holden loved visiting those ducks. It was relaxing. He didn't have to figure out if they were phony.

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