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he'd continue to hum and wipe, blissfully unaware of the yellow one's blunder. the mallard tipped his beak to speak, eyes closed and tone sing—songy.
❝ hmm︵?⠀put what again? ❞
it'd be a shame for the tool to be lost!⠀that was their only one!
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the very sight and stench of warren's gloved digit lead the duck to tear the crossword immediately away from the worm's direction.⠀he'd crane his neck to glare.
❝ you again!?⠀what do you know?⠀i skewered you with my gouging things! ❞⠀then a scoff!
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the duck, perched up on his very special and strictly 𝘩𝘪𝘴 own step stool, bent over the sink basin and worked tirelessly on their mess.
without skipping a beat, he'd turn to @PCPPETBOI, sopping kn!fe in feathery palm and humming,
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❝ hold on, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 the dad he keeps talking about? ❞⠀a skeptical gaze ticked up and down cir figure.
❝ ─ how come you've never taught him any manners? ❞
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and he'd gladly take it back, balancing the poor deceased heap on his hip.⠀sorry about him!⠀he's new to all this ' being neighborly ' business.
raising his free pointer finger, the duck would chirp, ❝ i did, once! back in the war. ❞
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well, he had the rest of the neighborhood to bump elbows with, but that was besides the point!
❝ what!?⠀you don't eat chicken?⠀are you stupid? ❞
upon the news, his smile would drop completely, the elated pride in his voice quickly replaced with gawk and disbelief.
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matter-of-fact, he'd nod, ❝ yes, of course! it's a housewarming gift. ❞
and then a very.⠀very.⠀abrupt silence.⠀he was staring with a grin on his beak like the beagle was bound to chow down at any moment.
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green isn't a creative color, hmm?⠀well, the duck would have to sorely disagree!⠀that was his color. that was the 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 color, aside from red, of course.
... soo he's been leaving little green gifts wherever he could.⠀that'll show @LIFEGALL3RY!
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🙶 the pig one mistook my shredder for the bin and now there's ─! 🙷⠀his hands would stiffen into claws, 🙶 ─rubbish all over it! 🙷
🙶 oooh, and the other one.⠀that lazy annoyance!⠀he wouldn't help me with the mess at all!⠀he just sat there and laughed! 🙷
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so peaceful are the days where nobody spoke, the days where he could melt into his rocking chair!⠀now, usually he'd grow bored of the silence, but the paper's got a fun crossword for him.
everything is perfect.⠀wouldn't you agree, @lonelywcrm?
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now he would've just scampered off had it not been for the attack on his manners!⠀duck plants a foot, whipping around to glare at the taller.
🙶 you don't know what those idiots did! 🙷⠀he pauses. why did that face seem familiar? 🙶 i have every right to be upset!⠀🙷
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-He steps aside, completely silent.
Crossing his arms, he stares down at Duck with a frozen stare.-
“Don’t you think it would be polite to say excuse me, young man?
I don’t care where you need to be, you need to remember the importance of being polite.”