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3 of Ducky’s favorite parts of Thanksgiving: 1. Pie, 2. Full Belly, 3. A nap!
Ducky and the gang are thankful for so many things this year! Here are few they would like to share:
- Family and friends
- Sharing laughs
- Pumpkin pie
- Space camp
- The new Avengers trailer
- Christmas is almost here!
Check out the Ducky Thanksgiving Story:
Ducky and Ted decided to go squirrel spotting while visiting relatives in the United States. Ducky hadn’t realized Ted had never seen a squirrel in person, because there are no squirrels in Israel. They had so much fun, luring in squirrels with peanut butter crackers and some acorns.
“Be very, very quiet.”
Pembleton woke everyone up early this morning and said, “We’re going on a hike.” Pembleton had already packed their backpacks with sandwiches, water, a map, and a compass. They spent the whole day going up hills, going down hills, over fields, and under thick forests. What a fun way to spend the day!
“Are we there yet?” -Ducky
Today, Ducky and the gang had a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza (TMNT) Party. Wow! It was awesome! There was pizza and they dressed up like their favorite Ninja Turtles. Ducky originally wanted to have the party in the sewers, but luckily, Pembleton talked him out of it.
“Michelangelo is a party dude!” -Ducky
Ducky has a lot of friends.So many friends that it can be hard to keep track of all of them. In Ducky’s character profiles, we will be introducing some old and new friends, as well as, fun facts about them. We hope you enjoy.
Mr. & Mrs. Lamb
Name: Rudolph & Gretchen Lamb
From: Bavaria, Germany
Profession: Handy Man & Nanny
Relation to Ducky: Mr. & Mrs. Lamb help to take care of Ducky and the gang. When they are not getting Ducky out of trouble, they are trying to keep him out of trouble. On their day’s off, they like to relax next to a refreshing mountain lake. Occasionally Mr. Lamb will hike to the top of the mountain to pick edelweiss for Mrs. Lamb.
Favorite Food: Pretzels and Sauerkraut
Fun Fact: Mr. & Mrs. Lamb love to watch the panda cam at the National Zoo. They are often involved in fundraising events to support the Smithsonian.
Sorry it took us so long to update.The humans won’t quit traveling. All they do is work, work, work, and travel, travel, travel! We are finally back and ready for more ADVENTURES!
“I hope I’m not over the limit!”
This morning, Ducky and the gang remembered the men and women who served in the US armed forces by visiting a Memorial Day parade.
After the parade, they went to a park. Ducky and the Lil’ Guys threw a football back and forth, while Pembleton roasted some corn on the cob. After lunch, Pembleton taught everyone how to do somersaults on the grass. It was a good day!
“Go loooong!”
Last week Uncle Critter came for a visit. He taught Ducky how to make brownies from scratch. Mmmm…brownies! The best part was licking the spoons and eating the brownies straight out of the oven with a scoop of ice cream.
Ducky is looking forward to Uncle Critter’s next visit.
Mmmm…. I just love brownies.
Thank you all for following/liking us on our last adventure: The Quest for Xanadu! We really enjoyed making it and reading your comments. You all are amazing fans.
That evening, the dinosaurs held a special celebration for Ducky and the gang. A feast was prepared with lots of desserts. A band played the jugs all night, while everyone danced and played games. Then when night fell, the dinosaurs, along with Ted and Blizzards help make fire dance in the sky with paper lanterns. They watched the lanterns float in higher and higher, late into the night.
In the morning, Ducky and the gang didn’t want to leave Xanadu, they had to get back home. Abigail and her father were safe, and Professor Plumbottom was captured. This adventure had come to an end, but they knew in their hearts there would be more adventures to come.
The End.
Look at all the pretty lanterns.
“Don’t let them get away!”
Once freed from the ropes, Ducky and Pembleton quickly ran to where the dinos were being held captive.
“Hurry, we have to catch Professor Plumbottom and the Cat Pirates. We can’t let them take Xanadu!” Pembleton shouted.
“Don’t worry, Pembleton. I won’t let them get away!” Ducky said as he mounted his dino buddy. “We will stop him.”
Ducky and his dino buddy charged down the pier. Ducky shouted, “Tally Ho!” as they jumped off the pier and into the water.
The Cat Pirates were already in their hot air balloon. Captain One Mitten, always ready for the escape. But the Professor, who was old and portly, struggled to get in to the balloon as it slowly drifted away.
“Not so fast, Professor. You’re not going anywhere!” Ducky said as his dino buddy grabbed his robe.
“Help Captain One Mitten,” the Professor cried.
“Sorry, but I need to live to tell another tale,” he said as he pried his fingers off the basket. “Till we meet again Ducky,” the Captain said slyly as he floated off.
“Next time,” Ducky replied unhappily as the Cat Pirates once again got away.
To Be Continued…
Once Professor Plumbottom left, Ducky and Pembleton were all alone.
“I can’t believe Professor Plumbottom is so wicked! This explains why he vetoed my request at the AAS meeting. We have to stop him, but what are we going to do?” Pembleton griped.
“At least we’re together,” Ducky chimed in. “Maybe we can sing a song while we’re brainstorming.”
The thought of Ducky’s singing made Pembleton sour. “Let’s just figure out how to get out of these ropes.”
“Um… Pembleton?”
“What, Ducky?!”
“I think I’ve figured out how we can get out of these ropes.”
“HOW?”
“Ted and Blizzard are coming this way with a dino-sized pair of scissors.”
To Be continued…
Don’t worry Pembleton, I have a feeling everything is going to be okay!
Ducky and Pembleton were tied up. Professor Plumbottom rubbed his grubby little paws together. “I first started hearing rumors about Xanadu years ago when the Animal Adventurer’s Society was first established, but nobody knew where it was. After years of research I narrowed down the location but there was still hundreds of miles of Himalayan mountains to search. So I hired Mr. Sloth to create a 3D scan of these mountains. Unfortunately, Mr. Sloth’s plane went down due to the strange magnetic field surrounding Xanadu.”
“Yeah, yeah, get to the point!” Ducky interrupted.
“The point is, Xanadu is gonna make me rich! Everything was going according to plan until Pembleton and his rag-tag team decided to stick there beaks where they don’t belong.”
“How is Xanadu going to make you rich?” Pembleton asked.
“I’m going to turn this place into a resort. It will be my own little Jurasic park. Animals will come from around the world to relax in the spas and get massages from T-Rexs. And the best part is I don’t have to build the village or even pay for the labor. I will force the dinos to work for free.”
“You’re evil”, Pembleton yelled. “When the Animal Adventurer’s Society hears about what you’ve done they won’t stand for it!”
“Who cares about the Animal Adventure’s Society. I have more pressing matters to attend to. Captain One Mitten, take the T-Rexs to their new cages.” Professor Plumbottom ordered and promptly left.
To Be Continued…
“I’ll be RICH! And there is nothing you can do to stop me.”- Professor Plumbottom
After enjoying a nice glass of lemonade, Ducky and Pembleton decided to get a massage too. They figured they might as well, since they weren’t in any rush and no one was in danger. “Man, those little T-Rex arms give an amazing massage,” Ducky sighed.
Then, half way through their massage, they heard a loud commotion. Suddenly, Professor Plumbottom, busted into the room and shouted, “Everybody get your hands up. No sudden moves. Even you T-Rexs. Oh, I didn’t see your little arms already in the air.”
“Hey! Don’t insult our friends,” Ducky replied, “And what are you doing here? Why are the Cat Pirates with you?”
To be continued…
“Even you, T-Rexs! Oh, I didn’t see your little arms.”
When Ducky and the gang got to the local spa, they could not believe what they saw! Abigail and her dad, Mr. Sloth, who they first met on a past adventure, were laying on the beach soaking up some sun with cucumber slices covering their eyes.
“This is the life, my dear. Who would have thought we would crash into paradise,” Mr. Sloth said, as he sipped his lemonade. Abigail agreed.
“WHAT!?! You guys are doing better than we are. We are suppose to be rescuing you!” Ducky asked in an annoyed tone.
“Whoo, whose there?!?” Mr. Sloth said as he sat up quickly. His cucumber slices sliding down his cheeks. “What are you doing here Ducky? Pembleton? Oh, and hi Ted and Blizzard. As for the rescuing, can it wait until after our massage this afternoon. They truly are wonderful. It’s amazing what T-Rexs can do with their little arms.”
“I guess I don’t see the harm in staying a little while longer considering we aren’t sure how to get out of here. Where ever this is?” Pembleton replied. “But first, can you tell us what happened? Why did your plane go down? Why were you flying over the Himalayas?”
“Well you see. Everything was going according to plan. I was hired to fly some crates of party supplies to India for Edgor’s cousin’s nephew’s best friend’s wedding. After dropping off the crates, we received orders to conduct a 3D topographical scan of the local mountain range. Once we got close, our auto pilot took over. We were trying to regain control when a storm hit. But we couldn’t. It was so strange. I still don’t understand what went wrong.” Mr. Sloth said as he shook his head.
“Don’t worry Mr. Sloth. We will get to the bottom of this,” Pembleton declared, “but first can I get one of those lemonades?”
To be continued…
This is the life!
“Aaahhh! Dinosaurs are extinct! How are you real?” Ducky asked.
“How are we real? How are YOU real? I’ve never seen a bird like creature with a bear growing out of it’s belly.” Said the orange lil’ dino.
“He isn’t growing out of my belly! Ted is in his special carrier.” Ducky said a little annoyed as sat up and unclipped Ted. Looking around he found Pembleton and Blizzard not too far off, staring frozen at the two lil’ dinos helping Ducky.
“Wow! This place is so cool!” Pembleton finally managed to say as he moved closer. He took in the snowy mountains surround the tropical paradise they just landed in. It was like nothing he ever imagined. “Where are we?”
“Don’t you know where we are?” Said the green lil dino, “This is Xanadu. You guys fell over the falls and we rescued you, like we did the other strange creatures who’s weird flying machine crashed a few days ago.”
“What? Are they okay?” Pembleton asked, and they shook their heads yes. “Where are they?”
“Hop on. I’ll take you,” said the orange lil’ dino. Then they were flying down the beach, and then a pier where a plane was crashed into the shallow water.
“There is the plane, and your friends are safe at our village spa. We will take you there next,” said the green lil’ dino.
To be continued…
Hold on!!!
The last thing Ducky remembered was coasting down the icy cave river and then Pembleton shouting “WATERFALL”, which sounds like watermelon. Mmmm…watermelon. Wait! Where am I? Ducky thought.
He could feel the warm sun on his feathers, and sand in places it shouldn’t be. He could also hear Ted snoring next to him. When he peeked between his eyelids he saw something very strange. It looked like…it looked like two dinosaurs staring down at him? This must be a dream; he thought and decided to sleep a little longer.
But a few minutes later he felt something nudging his wing. That’s when he opened his eyes wider. To Ducky’s surprise there really were two dinosaurs!
To be continued…
What?!?!
It took Ducky and Pembleton about 0.37 seconds after entering the Forbidden Caves to know why no one had ever returned.
“Whaaaaaaa….!” They were sliding completely out of control on a river of icy slush.
After a few seconds, Pembleton seemed to get the hang of things and Blizzard climbed on to his back. Ducky flailed his arms trying to keep Ted above the water; he eventually figured out how to ride the icy river rapids.
Just when Ducky was starting to enjoy the ride, he heard a loud roar from ahead. Over the noise Pembleton yelled something back to Ducky. It sounded a lot like … “WATERFALL!”
To Be Continued…
“Wwwhhhaaa, how do we slow down?”
“I can’t believe we made it all the way across that sketchy wooden bridge without any problems,” Ducky said as they reached the entrance to the Forbidden Caves. Ducky was in a better mood ever since the monks from the temple got him a cozy snow suit and harness so that ted could be strapped to the front. “Wow, there sure is a lot of junk up here for a place that’s supposed to be forbidden.”
“This isn’t ordinary junk,” Pembleton answered. “Look there’s a crate, a can of oil, and a parachute. It looks like someone was throwing stuff out of their plane to lighten the load.”
“But where is the plane now?” Blizzard asked.
“I don’t know, but we’re headed in the right direction.”
To be continued…
“Those caves look scary!”
Since there was no way to send Ted and Blizzard home, Ducky and Pembleton decided they would have to come with them on their adventure.
Traveling by train into the Himalayas, there wasn’t much to do. So Ducky and the gang decided to order snacks. The train’s menu had cake, rice pudding, and a Yak’s milk yogurt. Pembleton was feeling very tired and Ducky convinced him to order one of everything, but only Ducky tried the Yak yogurt.
From their cozy train cabin, they nibbled on their snacks and watched the green hills grow into snowy mountain peaks as they headed up and up and up into the Himalayas.
To be continued…
“Yummy! I love trains!”
Once on the train, Ducky and Pembleton found their reserved car. “I can’t believe we made it Ducky! That was a close one,” Pembleton said.
“Yeah. Close calls make me hungry. Can we eat now?” Ducky asked.
“Sure, but first can you get my topographical maps from our bag? We need to start going over the plans. We have a lot of ground to cover.”
“No problem Pembleton. Plus I want to check our luggage. There was something weird about it. When I got it out of the plane, but I didn’t have time to check, because we were rushing.”
When Ducky opened up the luggage he almost screamed like a little goat. “Pembleton! We have a problem!”
“What is it Ducky?” Pembleton asked as he peaked over his shoulder- seeing two little bear cubs taking a nap. “WHAT!?!?! HOW DID THEY GET IN HERE AND WHERE IS OUR GEAR?!?!”
“Shhh!!! Don’t wake them. They are always so grumpy if they don’t get their afternoon nap!”
“Now we really need a plan.”
To be continued…
“What?!?! What are you doing here?”
Once Ducky and Pembleton weathered the storms, it was smooth sailing.
“So what’s the plan?” Ducky asked. “Are we just going to fly in to the Himalayas, do the rescue and be back by snack time? Ted said they are making cookies with Mrs. Cottontail.”
“No, Ducky. Unfortunately we won’t be making it back for snack time. There is no suitable landing strip in the Himalayas, so we will be landing about 50 miles south of the mountains. From there, we can take a train.”
“A train? I love trains. Will there be a snack car?” Ducky said all excited.
“I just hope we make it in time,” Pembleton hesitated, “There is only one train per week and it leaves this afternoon.”
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5 minutes before departure…
“I got the tickets,” Pembleton said nervously. “But I don’t know which track. We need to hurry, but all the signs are in an animal language I don’t know.”
“Hey, Pembleton? Is that, who I think it is?” Ducky asked.
“Who? Where?” Pembleton asked. “EDGAR! What are you doing here?”
Edgar the Elephant and member of the Pooh Bear Society, replied, “I’m visiting my family. They run the local trains, and I’m helping out.”
“Great! We are on an adventure and our train is about to leave any minute. Can you direct us to the right train?” Ducky asked.
“You are in luck. It’s right behind you and I’m about to give it the go ahead. Hurry up and find your seats. And good luck on your adventure.” Edgar said.
“Thank you!” Ducky said, as he dragged his luggage in to the train car. “Boy does our luggage feel oddly heavy.”
To be continued…
“You got our tickets and I got our luggage. Now which train do we take?”
“I can’t believe Professor Plumbottom blocked my request to fund this rescue operation!” Pembleton shouted across Lionheart’s large oak desk in the Animal Adventurers Society presidential office. Ducky just sat quietly in a plump chair munching on some delicious cookies.
Lionheart, a wise old tortoise and president of the AAS, stroked his long white beard quietly waiting for Pembleton to calm down. Once Pembleton was between breaths, Lionheart quickly interrupted, “How about having a homemade cookie? They’ll help cool you down.”, and he shoved a cookie in Pembleton’s mouth before he could object. Then Lionheart explained, “If it were up to me, you know I would approve this operation, but I simply don’t have the authority to overrule our senior members. I’m sorry, but my hands are tied.”
“It’s not about the money. I’ll fund the entire expedition myself if I have too. I’m just disappointed that the AAS would turn its back on animals in need.” Pembleton explained, a little more calm after munching another cookie. Then he turned to Ducky and said, “Let’s get going. We have a long way to go.”
“One more thing,” Lionheart said as they were in the doorway.
“What is it?” Pembleton asked.
“Good luck and be careful.”
To be continued…
“Do, what must be done.” -Lionheart
Late at night was Pembleton monitoring the air waves with his ham radio, but all he heard was the soft crackle of static and the munching of cookies. Suddenly a voice broke through the noise. “Mayday! Mayday! Help! We’re going down!”
“What is the problem? What is your current position?” Pembleton shouted into the microphone. Then he heard some rustling of nobs and buttons, “We are losing altitude too quickly. Our rudders aren’t responding to controls, and our GPS is all wonky, but we should be just south of the Himalayas.” Then there was some more rustling and a faint “Wow, this place does exist,” before a loud CRASH!!!
“Wait! Are you still there? Is everything alright?” But there was nothing. Pembleton quickly stood up and told Ducky, who was hiding behind the chair, “We have to alert the Animal Adventurer’s Society immediately.”
To be continued…
“Maday! Maday! Help! We’re going down!”
Sorry we have not been updating like we should! MAJOR FAIL on our parts.
Timothy- the brilliant illustrator of Ducky Adventures- has been very busy lately. He has a major deadline for work. Thankfully the deadline is soon! Hopefully we will be posting more regularly starting next week! Until then, enjoy these sketches Timothy left at the Montreal Bio-Dome chalk board back in November!
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- Ducky & Ted
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- The Gang! @ Montreal Bio Dome
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- Pembleton & Blizzard
To learn more about the creators of Ducky Adventures check out our other blog: http://themannfamily.wordpress.com/
In Israel, cucumbers and pickles are BIG BUSINESS, and Ducky (always the entrepreneur) has been busy preparing a crop of grade-A “mel-ah-fe-FONE” (that’s Hebrew for cucumber). First he used his hoe to make the dirt really soft. Then he planted some cucumber vines. A few days later, some flowers started to bloom. After a few weeks, a few tiny cucumbers appeared. In a month or two, it all add up to one thing. PICKLE MAKING TIME!! Only, he is not sure how to make pickles, but he will figure that out when it is time.
Makin’ pickles is hard work!
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