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See those baby ducks and mama standing near the storm drain?  Yesterday on my walk, I came upon this scene.  While watching, the mama walked across the storm drain.  The babies followed mama and then slipped into the storm drain.  As I came closer, I looked down into the drain and saw that there were 5 baby ducks in the storm drain.  I watched as the little ducks cried out to their mom and tried to hop out, only succeeding in knocking themselves silly against the cement walls of the drain.

The mommy and animal lover in me knew I couldn't stand by and watch this.  I tried to squeeze my arm through the drain, but I couldn't reach the bottom.  So then, using my superhuman strength, I lifted the grate over the drain. (Lifted might be an overstatement...  It was more like pulled up a couple of inches and slid off to the side.)  Then I laid on my belly and pulled out the baby ducks.

The mom eyed me warily the whole time.  It was totally creepy.  But the babies were reunited with their mother.  Having done my good deed for the day, I slid the drain back into place, continued my walk, and texted the picture to my best friend.  Here's the conversation that ensued:

C: Awwww. Mommy duck thanks you!
Me: More like looks warningly at me with her creepy eye.  Does this mean I can cut the walk short?  That metal drain must've weight at least seventy pounds
C: No, that was weight training. Still need cardio :)
Me: Dang it.

So I finished my walk and even increased it a little bit.  It was a good morning.