THE FOOTNOTES

This is where Joey used to love terrorizing ducks at our favorite park. He'd disappear into this wetland chasing the wildlife, only to get lured into the larger lake where the mother ducks would coax him into long swims by dragging their wings in the water pretending to be injured. They made him criss cross the entire lake several times -- I think they were trying to kill him. This brilliant strategy always worked to get him away from the babies. Joey, the knucklehead, never caught on.