The Duck

Here in the early days of the blog, I think that we need to address the duck. We all know about the duck. We see the duck everywhere. We may even own variations on the duck. It must be said, however, that there is only one who has his hands on the real duck. And the real duck is unique: he squeaks, he has a squat round body, and he jauntily looks at you from the side with his turned duckie head. All other rubber ducks face forward. Some may squeak, and some may have squat bodies, but nowhere can you find a rubber duck like Ernie's rubber duckie.

Ernie loves his rubber duckie. He takes rubber duckie everywhere. He speaks to his duckie and takes Duckie's advice. Duckie even directed Ernie and Liam Neeson once in a dramatic reading of the alphabet. Duckie is the never-failing friend. He's there when Bert's not around, and he never gets frustrated when Ernie wakes him in the middle of the night. Bert might be Ernie's life partner, but Duckie completes Ernie.