住在英國史丹佛郡(Staffordshire)、現年50歲的龐斯‧里斯科(Ponce Risco),日前在住家附近發現遭母鴨拋棄的8顆鴨蛋,因不忍心小生命失去來到這世上的機會,龐斯和太太麗莎(Lisa)買來孵化器幫助鴨蛋孵化,而小鴨子破蛋出生後,更是無微不至的照料牠們。
而這8隻小鴨子或許是一出生就見到龐斯,因此理所當然的將他當做親生父親,龐斯去到哪,牠們就跟到哪,在龐斯身後乖巧的排成一直線,左搖右擺的往前走,形成一幅十分溫馨可愛的畫面。龐斯表示,當初只是想幫忙而已,完全沒料到小鴨子會這麼喜歡他,現在只要一離開,牠們就會開始慌張、製造噪音,令他捨不得走遠。
龐斯相信再過不久,牠們就要起飛了,「雖然有點感傷,但如果重新來過,我還是會做同樣的事情」,也謝謝牠們帶給我這麼多的歡樂。
Mother duck: Spanish guesthouse owner Ponce Risco has found himself raising eight ducklings after they were abandoned as eggs by their mother
Ducker up: Mr Risco keeps the ducklings inside his family home in Longton at night but lets them out into a pen during the day
Troupe: The ducklings are happy when they can see Mr Risco but when he goes out of sight they huddle together and start quacking loudly
Horsing around: The ducklings walk outside Mr Risco's home as a horse rider double takes while trotting past
Nice weather for ducks: Once or twice a day Mr Risco walks to Longton Brickcroft Nature Reserve and the ducklings follow him
Hatchlings: After noticing the mother had abandoned her eggs Mr Risco and his wife decided to take them on and bought an incubator. Here is one duckling just after it hatched
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Don't dawdle: Mr Risco said raising the ducklings had been a 'bit of a pain' but that he would do it all over again |