ducklings Fido Quack quack quack quack. That is the sound little ducklings make. Quack quack quack quack. That is the sound ducks make. Whistle crackle pop crunch. That is the sound roast ducks make. 030306 ... icy when she was growing up, my mother's mother hosted a variety of foster children to be good in her community and give them the benefits of spending some time on a small hobby-type farm. well, one little girl they were keeping for a while was emotionally troubled and somewhat mentally disturbed (the girl was not retarded in the common sense). we'll call her lara. well, my mom tried to include lara in a bunch of neat and fun activities, like currying the horses, milking the goats, feeding the chickens, gathering eggs... but lara wasn't in to those kinds of things and would much rather try to squeeze the eyes out of the baby kittens. she didn't understand, couldn't grasp, how disturbing and horrible this was to my mom. she didn't know. well, to the point of why i thought of this... one day, my mom sprinted in from the small corral because she heard awful screams and thought lara was dying. she found lara in the sitting room near the rocking chair with the little baby ducklings lying all about her on the floor. looking closer, once she realised lara was alive and well, she saw the ducklings were all squashed. upon asking lara how they got that way (she couldn't ask if lara had killed them - lara wouldn't quite understand), the explanation was as lara was rocking in the chair, the ducklings wandered in, and one of them wandered underneath the rocker at a bad time. he made a funny noise and lara heard it and saw what had happened. because it made her laugh and be happy, she wanted to hear it again, so she took the rest of them and "rocked" them. when she was done, she started on the first duckling, but he didn't make the noise. she tried a few more, and they didn't work, so she became very upset - starting the screams that brought my mom in from the corral. my mom did her best to explain, but lara couldn't understand why the ducklings would never make the cute little sounds again. 031031 what's it to you? who go blather from