It was a beautiful, bright, sunshiny day and Ms Human decided she would sit on her sun porch and hand sew some quilt blocks. She was thinking that her old bones were a little stiff today and she would just rest awhile.

She had just barely settled into her favorite chair when she heard a noise like she had'nt heard before. A big fluffy duck was coming up her lane and Ms Human had never seen a duck waddle so fast. That duck came right up to Ms Humans' glass door and started pecking as hard as she could with her bright orange beak. Ker-thump, thump, thump. She kept on pecking, and squawking, and quacking to get Ms Humans attention. Ms Human said to herself, 'that duck doesn't seem to be afraid of me at all. I won't be afraid of her either'. Ms Human said out loud, " I wonder what that big fluffy duck wants"? At that very moment the duck pecked on the door again, Ker-thump, thump, thump, this time even harder than before. She turned and started waddling back down the lane. She kept looking back over her shoulder as if to say, 'Come on, come on.'

Ms Human opened the door and said" I think that fluffy duck wants me to follow her, is that right Ms Duck"? As if to answer "yes" Ms Duck started waddling as fast as she could down the lane. Ms Human had to hurry to keep up with her. She forgot about being stiff as she moved along as easy as you please.

As they got down to the end of the lane Ms Duck disappeared, but Ms Human could still hear her quacking. She had jumped down into a metal culvert. It was like a big shiny ditch. There in the ditch was ten of the cutest little baby ducklings you ever did see. They could not walk out because the ditch was too slippery and they could not fly out because their wings were too small. No wonder Mother Duck went to get Ms Human to help. They were all in trouble !

Ms Duck quacked to her babies that everything would be ok. She came up out of the ditch and stood right beside Ms Human. She quacked as if to say "it's up to you now Ms Human, please, please, won't you please help my little, fluffy, yellow babies". Ms Human got on her hands and her knees on the ground. She reached down to rescue the little ducklings one at a time. Mother Duck kept on quacking to her little ducklings as if to say, "don't be afraid, Ms Human is our friend and she will bring each one of you safely up to me".

Finally, the tenth little fluffy, yellow duckling was out of the culvert. They were so happy to be back with Mother Duck. Ms Human said " I am so glad you came and got me Mother Duck. I am happy you trusted me to rescue your little duckling children. I don't know duck language but you certainly let me know what you wanted. Please come and get me any time you need my help".

Mother Duck made a special sound and all her little, fluffy, yellow duckling children lined up in a row behind her. As she waddled away she looked back at Ms Human and quacke, quack, quack as loud as her duck voice could quack. Ms Human said "You are welcome, Mother Duck".

Because, "Thank You" sounds the same in any language.