Re: Duck, duck - GOOSE

How about Ben?  (as in AFLAC!) ;+)

Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Duck, duck - GOOSE


> Well, it is nice to be able to help critters. We had a long hair, black,
> male kitten show up in our garage the other day. It's "ours" now. It was
> only around 8 weeks old. No other cats or kittens around. Just him. How
> does that happen? We are out in the country off of a major highway?
> Weird.
>
> No, I haven't name the goose yet. I'm open for any ideas??? Gardenchat -
> NAME THAT GOOSE! I am running out of animal names, LOL, we have so many!
>
>
>
> Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
<4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
> Jesse,
> I would love to have your situation. Being able to take in animals that
> need help. Have you named him yet?
>
> Kitty
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jesse Bell"
> To: "Gardenchat"
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 8:34 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] Duck, duck - GOOSE
>
>
> > When I woke up yesterday, my DH wanted me to come and see what he had
> > done that morning. We bought 7 acres across the road and it was WAY
> > overgrown. He had been brushogging it for the last week but he cleared
> > away from the two ponds down there and it looked really NICE! So I
> > hopped on the tractor with him to see what he had done. While we were
> > driving around the ponds we saw a "duck" waddling really fast towards
> > us, then it jumped in the pond to swim after us. I looked at him and
> > said, "what the heck, is that one of OUR ducks that flew over here?" He
> > said no, it was too white. Hmmm. So we went back to our tractoring,
> > spotted a cotten mouth snake, shot it and the "duck" was no where to be
> > seen. I guess the gun startled it. A few minutes later..I look behind us
> > and this "duck" is running, frantically after us over the pond dam. I
> > told Robert is was chasing us down. He didn't believe me. When we turned
> > around he was running after us AGAIN. I said "stop, right now and find
> >
> > out what is wrong with this poor thing". We had a heck of a time
> > catching it. The "duck" turns out to be a wild goose. It's a baby, with
> > just a few pin feathers on it and all downy. He was soaking wet from the
> > swim and shaking. So...we took him home and fed him, bought him a kiddy
> > swimming pool and watched him half the day. He follows me all OVER the
> > place...he even walked in the HOUSE to keep up with me. It is the
> > sweetest baby I've ever seen. It must have been abandoned or something.
> > Every year we see a pair of Canadian geese over there with a nest on the
> > little island in the pond. Must be one of those babies that got left
> > behind. I just love it.
> >
> >
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