Achim and the golden duck

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Copyright © 2008, Michael M Wayman

A park needs a big piece of water, just like a lawyer has a head and a politician a mouth. Achim knew this.

Big means big – not something the size of a big paella pan that some people call a pond in their front garden. No, something you can't jump over. The sea is pretty good, water as far as you can see. Does the water drop off the edge of the world on the other side? Perhaps this is the reason that most parks have a lake, or better still lakes, that are big but you can see the other side of them.

Achim knew this – what was the minimum size of a lake? Was the size dependant on the size of the park?

A lake also has to have a name, and a good name too. Lakes have names like “Great Bottom Flash” and “Lake Huron” and “The Serpentine” and “Müritz”. Achim knew the name of the lake in the park.

A few boats and a bridge look good. An island?

Swimming birds at Henley

A few swans on a lake also look good. Achim knew that they were electrically powered, however who needs swans when there are also ducks. All kinds of duck, perhaps even a golden duck.

Achim sat on a bench by the lake every day, well, most days.

I don't see a golden duck every day, in fact, not even once a week, in fact, I have never seen a golden duck here. Yes, I must tell myself, I have never seen a golden duck, in fact, I don't know what a golden duck looks like.

Achim sat on a bench by the lake every day, well, most days.

Today is the day. There must be golden duck. Yes, I will know when it is there. It will be so obvious.

Achim sat on a bench by the lake every day, well, most days.

Today is the day. There is golden duck there. Yes, I know that it is there. It is so obvious. Why don't I open my eyes and look at the golden duck. But I know that it is there.

Achim never went to the lake again, the golden duck had been there, Achim never went to the park again.



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