Chapter One

Dan and Daisy get a parcel

Daisy ducktail had spent a lovely day on the duck pond collecting soft feathers and strong twigs for the new nest that she and Dan were building, and catching up on all the gossip with all her other friends, but now it was time to get supper ready, she made her way back across the pond to her nest in the reeds.

Supper was ready just in time as husband Dan arrived home after a day's work building the foundations of the new nest in the reed bed,  Quack Quack said Dan as he told her of all his plans, and the two of them Quacked with excitement as they talked about the new nest, Quack Quack Quack.

The next day the sun was shining and as Daisy and Dan ate their breakfast suddenly the sound of a loud Knock on the door huh! must be the post-duck said Daisy, she was right, there at the door stood Postie, with a huge parcel, you will have to sign for this one Daisy said the post-duck.

Daisy shouted to Dan to help her to bring the parcel into the lounge, and the two of them looked at it in amazement, who on earth has sent us this, Quacked Dan? The parcel was wrapped in shiny brown paper and tied up with a pink string topped with a beautiful bow.

The two of them began to unpack the parcel “it's full of soft down feather quacked Dan and as he slowly took out the feather there nestling in the middle was a beautiful egg Quack Quack Quack said Dan its an egg Daisy it’s a beautiful egg. Quack Quack Quack

Daisy clasped her wings together oh Dan we are going to have a baby… Dan took the egg out carefully and placed it on the soft down which Daisy had made into a bed, they both stood side by side and looked at their egg and smiled, I will sit on it all day said Daisy and then when you come home each  day you can take over from me

And so was to be, day after day Daisy and Dan would take it in turns to sit on the egg to keep it warm and wait for it to hatch

Then one bright sunny day Daisy felt something move beneath her, she stood off the egg and to her delight she could see a tiny yellow beak poking its way out of the egg bit by bit it poked and soon daisy could see a little pair of eyes peering out through the hole, just then Dan arrived home and as he walked into the lounge daisy shouted come quickly Dan quick  Quack Quack

Dan entered the room just in time to see the egg crack open and there sitting in the middle of all the broken pieces of egg sat the prettiest, and the yellowest little baby duckling they had ever seen.
Oh said Daisy with have a baby daughter Dan, and Dan stood up as tall as he could and proudly said, yes and the prettiest one on the duck pond, we shall call her Dolly

The next day Dan took the day so he could be with Daisy and their new baby daughter Dolly, they waddled down to the waters edge and the three of them proudly swam around and around the duck pond to show off their new daughter.