Make way for ducklings
- 1. Make Way for Ducklings…Again Adapted by: Anna Magruder
- 2. Many years ago, there lived a happy duck family, the Mallards, who searched everywhere for a home.
- 3. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard finally found a home in the Boston Park. There they raised eight ducklings: Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Oack, Pa ck and Quack.
- 4. The ducklings had several adventures in the Boston Public Garden, and the community loved them!
- 5. The city loved them so much that the people of Boston created a statue in honor of the Mallards.
- 6. Now that Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Oack, Pack , and Quack are all grown up, they too are raising ducklings in the Boston Public Garden. There are so many ducklings that you can hardly count
- 7. All of the cousin ducklings love living in the Boston Public Garden. They swim up and down the park all day long, splashing each other and cheerfully quacking. Happy locals and sightseeing tourists visit the ducklings every
- 8. As fun as it is to live in the Boston Public Garden, Jack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Oack, Pack, and Quack worry about the safety of their little ducklings.
- 9. Nowadays, people are always hurrying from one place to another. Sometimes people are so rushed that they litter their coffee drinks and fast food wrappers. At times, the trash will end up in the
- 10. One day, the large duck family experienced something terrifying. The four youngest of all the ducklings, Zach, Tack, Wack and Gack, were playing a friendly game of “water hide and go seek”.
- 11. As they were playing, Zach got himself caught in a plastic soda ring. He wasn't able to move his body, and he became very scared. Tack, Wack, and Gack were also scared and didn't know what to do.
- 12. The parent ducks rushed over to help Zach. But they were not able to do much.
- 13. A young boy noticed the small duckling was in distress. He rushed over to help free the duckling.
- 14. The family was so thankful for the young boy’s heroic actions that they all waddled out of the water and gave the boy a big duck thank you!
- 15. Seeing the young duckling trapped in the soda ring inspired the young boy to organize a park clean up day. The young boy got the word out by hanging flyers and telling everyone he knew. The following Saturday, hundreds of people came to help clean up the park.
- 16. By the end of the day, the park was litter free. All of the hard work eased the minds of Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Oack, Pac k and Quack. Now they can let their ducklings play all throughout the
- 17. Citations • Google Images was used to obtain all of the pictures for this presentation. • piano. “piano music." relaxing themes. 2011. • McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings. The Viking Press, 1941. Print.