The Laws of Ducks
The Laws of Ducks| Duck Law No. 1 | If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck and cooks like a duck, it's a duck. Restatement: All things are known by their attributes. | ||||||||||||
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| Duck Law No. 2 | Even under ideal circumstances, no duck, no matter how
noble or well-intentioned, can be an eagle. Restatement: All things must be what they are. | ||||||||||||
| Duck Law No. 3 | A duck can pretend to be an eagle except in times of
adversity. Restatement: Pretense and adversity are inversely proportional; adversity reveals the true nature of all things. Duck Law No. 4 |
No duck may be an eagle until it abandons its webbed
feet and bill for talons and a beak. | Restatement: All things remain as they are until the attributes that define them are abandoned. Then, and only then, can they evolve. Duck Law No. 5 |
Ducks are noble creatures. They shall not be penalized
in the eyes of other creatures because they are not eagles. | Restatement: All things are honorable if they are what they are honestly, even if they are different from you. Duck Law No. 6 |
The greatest duck that ever was cannot fly as
high as even a modest eagle. | Restatement: If one would soar with eagles, do not swim with ducks. DuckLaw No. 7 |
Ducks flock. Eagles fly alone. Ducks and eagles never
mingle. | Restatement: Choose company wisely. DuckLaw No. 8 |
A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why. | Restatement: Sometimes there is no answer. Actually, a duck's quack does echo. Why folklore insists that
it doesn't is a mystery. Thus, Duck Law No. 8 still applies. | | |