The Duck Who Wanted to Be More Than What He
Was
by Rue DeDay
Once upon a time, far, far away, there was an enchanted
land where the animals could talk. You can't get there from here without
major pharmaceuticals, so don't even try. OK? You're just kids after all,
sheesh.
In this enchanted land, there was a duckling. This duckling
was as ugly as a mud fence. "Don't worry about it" the duckling's mom said.
"You'll grow up to be a beautiful swan." That's the kind of things that moms
say.
In this case it wasn't true. He stayed ugly.
While he was watching Dr. Who, he was ugly.
When he was practicing his Klingon for the Star Trek
convention, he was ugly.
While he was up all night playing Dungeons and Dragons
with his friends, he was ugly.
He was one ugly duck and that was not going to change.
"Man, this sucks!" said the Ugly Duck. "How am I supposed
to get chicks? I know... I'll start a band!"
And he did. It wasn't a very good band. They mostly did
covers. Sometimes they tried "original" stuff, but it was all very derivitive.
But it was still OK. They got free beer, and chicks dig musicians.
Posted 8/13/01