The Ducky and the Rose

Molly told me a story that I recorded on March 4th.  I've finally transcribed it (as exact as I could pull off):

The Ducky and the Rose

By Molly Adams

Freddy the Ducky lives in a pond

He likes to swim and play with his friends

But One day a delivery person came 

And he gave Freddy the duck and his duck friends a magic rose

Everyday when you smell it, you get good luck

The rose took them on an adventure

It took them to queen Elenore

The rose was given to Freddy by the queen

She said, "I want you to go on a very fun journey"

It was a journey to get her a mirror 

That granted five wishes

It was hidden in a sunken ship

So they walked and swimmed and walked and swimmed and walked and swimmed

He was starving

So, he asked a little kid

And the little kid said "no, this is my pretzel"

And then he asked a woman, but she said "No, this is my bun"

And then he asked a fruit seller

And the fruit seller said "sure" and he said "what food would you like?"

And Freddy said, "I want a grape,"

And he gived him a grape!

And then he started to go off on the long journey with his friend.

And the rose.

But, something bad was happening. There was a Troll Bridge.

It was a log

He didn't have time

And they called each other silly names

But when they were busy calling each other silly names, then he just went through.

After he crossed the troll bridge, he found the sunken ship

But, it wasn't sunken, but it was on the beach

(the ship bumped into a rock and got broken and washed up on a beach)

He went in and a little bit of spooky stuff happened

There were spiders and wolves

And prairie dogs

Bad things happened in there

And the rose told him... “Make them distracted”

so

The prairie dogs got a bone, the spiders got a new home, and the wolves got some bones too

So then they tiptoed while those kids were having fun (the kids weren't their kids)

They came to a hole and there was a treasure there

And they found the mirror

This is what bad happened.

The boat started to rock and rock and came into the sea

But something bad happened… it sunk!

But, good he was a duck!

But poor all those wolves and prairie dogs and spiders…

But he was alright, cause he paddled onto shore.

But, he helped them up too!

They didn’t drown, but it was going to be hard to cross the Troll Bridge

That’s cause the trolls were tiptoing inside.

But, he had a better [?], he jumped on top of it and just walked on top.

The prairie dogs and the wolves and the spiders just followed him everywhere, even in his balloon!

There were four balloons and there was four [sets of] animals

And they each holded their balloon and floated away, each where their home was.

Freddy got the rose and gave Queen Elenore the mirror.

And this is the five wishes she wanted:

She wanted a son

She wanted a castle (she didn’t have a castle, she just had a house)

A true love

Ducky could keep the rose forever

And be happy for the rest of his life.

And they all lived happily ever after.

The End.