TIM AND TILLY.
The greatest friendships often occur between the most ill-assorted couples, and so it was in this case.
A Muscovy duck with a broken leg was found one morning in the backyard. How it got there remains a mystery, but it looked so helpless trying to get about that we decided to see what could "be done in the way of mending its leg.
Our one pet was an Irish terrier, and a very savage dog he had proved himself on more than one occasion. Anyhow, Tim must have felt all his pity rise when he discovered the lame duck, as almost immediately they became the closest friends, and for the months we kept the duck we could never call Tim without Tilly waddling along too. They would dine together at midday, and then move leisurely off to a patch of grass in the sun, where they would stay until such time as something more exciting than mere fly-catching turned up to take their attention.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 310, 31 December 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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