EGBERT Learns to Quack
Egbert was a bright duck. ; I He could swim. He could dive iri r the best duck fashioh. His waddle] was quite as ducky as that of any j grown-up duck. ,| But there was one thing Egbert could not do. He could not quack! j The old ducks said it was because i he had been hatched in a nest oft:
A READ-ALOUD STORY
(By Grace and Olive Barnett)
I chicks. The young ducks said he [was a bit stupid. [ But. really, Egbert couldn’t see iany reason' for quacking.' He had ! all the corn he wanted. • He had j the . clear pond where he could i swim. Why should he try to quack?
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22515, 24 September 1938, Page 3 (Supplement)
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117EGBERT Learns to Quack Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22515, 24 September 1938, Page 3 (Supplement)
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