Mr. Drake has a guilty conscious and when he hears Mrs. Ford approaching the kitchen, he whips his beak out of the teapot spout - and butter wouldn't melt in that duck's mouth!. Mr. Drake Is A Domest Catet Duck: Every ~orning ~pr4ecvisely 9 o'clock, just as she has finished washing up th breakfast things, Mr. E. Ford of Coulsdon, Surrey has a visi~ior. It's Mr. Fake, the domesticate duck, and he's called for his breakfast. As soon as he appears t the window above the si~lk, Mrs. E. Ford puts a cup of tea, and a plate of brown ~red and butter on the draining board. Having finished his breakfast, Mr. Drake hops into the sick to take his morning toilet. Sometimes, Sally the cat comes along to see what's doing, but when Mr. Drake Splashes her, she beats a hasty retreat. When Mrs. Ford leaves the teapot in the draining board, te~p~~tion is too much for the tea-loving Mr. Drake, who pops his beak to inside the spout for a "second Cuppa", but that gives him a guilty conscious and when he hearts Mrs. Ford's footsteps approaching the Kitchen, he~~~ off out of the window in a flurry of ~eathers and back into the safety of his own private swimming ~ool - a bucket in the garden.
Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.
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