On Thursday, 17 February 2011 at 3:05 PM, Susie Burgess wrote:

> What I would like to know is the meaning re the duck?!!

Actually I've hijacked a moment in time from James's life with that. I was only watching :)

When we lived in Paparimu, we got some young goslings, and James may have chased them around the yard.

Then they grew up into geese. And they remembered.

They would then chase James whenever they discovered him in the orchard or outside the safety of the garden.

Our geese would eat anything they found, and one day a paper cup - a McDonalds (or possibly Burger King) cup - ended up in their paddock.

One goose nibbled through the bottom of the cup. Stuck its head right inside, then lifted its head. Well, that's how I expect it happened.

Because next there was an angry goose wearing a paper cup around its neck in the paddock.

So here's the scene as I'll see it in my mind forever -