Duck Lovers, Take Heart

My mom reported some good news for ducks and duck lovers:

A family of ducklings and mama were crossing a busy intersection at a very busy time of day. We saw them start, but couldn't get out to help. In fact, we anticipated the same little tragedy you experienced. However, to our surprise, all the traffic slowed or stopped for them!! They made it across the road into some trees, and we can only hope they don't try it again. I don't really think the people of my county are that much nicer than the ones in yours, but at least there wasn't a harried, or unfeeling, truck driver involved.

Ann here: I'm relieved to know that there are still people who stop for ducks, turtles, rabbits, and any other little critters that aren't expecting a ton of steel to run them down while searching for lunch.

If you've never read Robert McCloskey's Make Way for Ducklings, perhaps you should visit your local library and check it out today.