By Xavier Kataquapit www.underthenorthernsky.com There is this new duck on the lake here at my far north wilderness camp. I am sure that Shee-sheep, the Cree word for ‘duck’ is a mallard and so I decided to call her Daisy. She seems to be frantically searching the lake for something. I am guessing that she is looking for her partner and ducklings. She likes to sit on my freshly renovated dock. I sent her away the other day and now I regret it. The other day she woke me at six in the morning with alarming quacking that went on for a half hour. I gazed out the window of my camp and could see her perched in her spot on the dock obviously complaining about my behaviour in chasing…
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