Alden and his Duck

 A few weeks ago we were on a walk and heard some squawking  we wondered what it was and then this duck ran across the street to us.  He followed Alden home and then followed him everywhere! They played football together, played in the sand box together, went on walks, etc.  Every time Alden would come inside the duck would squawk for a long while then go to his little spot under the deck, or one under a bush.  Every morning as soon as he saw the light in the kitchen he would come right up by the kitchen door squawking for Alden to come out and play.
The boys loved having the duck, after a little over a week we lost him though.  We are pretty sure a cat got him, we found duck feathers in the back yard. We wish we could have protected him better but we didn't want to en-cage him.  So that is the story of the duck.  When we would ask Alden the ducks name he would say, "Just Duck".  We sure liked having Just Duck around.