From the farmyard: A happy tale

This is a happy tale about the special friendship between Mr Ching the Chinese goose and Molly the Peking duck. 12 years ago Mr Ching, alongside his spouse, Mrs Ching, came to us from a friend following an attack by their family dog. Shortly after the Mrs Ching inexplicably died, and for months Mr Ching hung out alone subdued and miserable. He wouldn’t look twice at the a non Chinese goose we presented to him, and we couldn’t find another of his kind. But one fine day help came along in the form of Molly the duck, who arrived on the back seat of our friend Lee’s car, having to relocate after her owners moved home. Within hours the two were inseparable. Mr Ching was goose-stepping again with Molly waddling fast on her short little legs to keep up. And they have been together ever since, honk-quacking together, walk-waddling together and eating and drinking together. We are not sure how they deal with being different. All we know is that despite insistent heckling from the chickens, they have thrown farmyard gossip to the wind, and remained firmly together for close to a decade. Here are some photos of the happy couple.