The Case of the Missing Duck LbNA #51101
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Add Location| Owner: | Science rocks!  |
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| Plant date: | Oct 25, 2009 |
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| City: | ??? |
| County: | Barnstable |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | ??? |
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| Last found: | May 14, 2016 |
| Status: | FF |
| Last edited: | Oct 25, 2009 |
“What do you mean the duck is missing?” demanded Oliver.
“I mean it is missing. Gone. Nobody knows where it is,” said Natalie sadly.
“Well, I guess we should go looking for it,” declared Oliver. “We are, after all, the best detectives in this part of Cape Cod!”
“I know where we should start,” said Natalie. “There is an organization in town that has a duck as its logo. Its goal is to conserve natural resources in town. The group buys land to preserve for future generations. In 1979, this group bought an 18th century farmhouse and 49 acres of land around it. The farmhouse was built by Joseph Crowell around 1775. Various families owned the farm throughout the years, ending with the Bourne family. There are hiking trails through the woods and a pretty pond—a perfect place for a duck to hide out. Let’s start there!”
So the young detectives asked their parents to drive them to this wonderful place. They parked by the farmhouse and walked past fields and the pond (they looked for a while, but did not see the duck at the pond). The found the hiking trails (either by crossing the bike path or by using the tunnel underneath the bike path) and headed right on the Big Loop Trail. Shortly after they started up a hill, they saw a bench and a rock off to the right of the path. They looked under and behind, but came up empty. Natalie said, “Oh, remember to watch out for poison ivy! Mom said over and over again that it grows along the path here!”
They continued along the path. Oliver would occasionally try to imitate a duck call, but he wasn’t very good at it and finally Natalie asked him not-so-politely to stop. Soon the dynamic detecting duo reached a fork in the path. Oliver wanted to stay on the Big Loop Trail, but Natalie thought a duck would be more likely to take the Herring Run Trail. They bickered for several minutes before flipping a coin. The Big Loop Trail it is! (“But we will try the Herring Run Trail next, if we don’t find the duck soon, OK?”)
They saw, soon, a stone wall on the right. They also heard the faint sound of quacking in the distance. “Oh, no!” I hope the duck isn’t stuck in the wall somewhere,” Oliver exclaimed. About 18 steps past a small trail that came from the left and intersected the Big Loop Trail, the quacking grew louder than ever. The detectives followed the sound carefully, looking behind an oak tree with moss at its base. Behind some leaf litter there was a crevice at the base of the stone wall. And there was the duck!!! No stones needed to be moved to rescue the duck from his little hole under the stone wall.
Strangely, the duck decided he liked living in the little crevice under the stone wall. Natalie and Oliver put him back in his hole and covered him back up. They completed the Big Loop Trail and met their parents back in the parking lot. The duck loves visitors, but asks that you replace him carefully in his hole after your visit, covering him carefully and completely so the he stays warm and so that the many dogs and their owners who use the trails don’t find him by accident!
Another case closed by the super sleuths Oliver and Natalie!
“I mean it is missing. Gone. Nobody knows where it is,” said Natalie sadly.
“Well, I guess we should go looking for it,” declared Oliver. “We are, after all, the best detectives in this part of Cape Cod!”
“I know where we should start,” said Natalie. “There is an organization in town that has a duck as its logo. Its goal is to conserve natural resources in town. The group buys land to preserve for future generations. In 1979, this group bought an 18th century farmhouse and 49 acres of land around it. The farmhouse was built by Joseph Crowell around 1775. Various families owned the farm throughout the years, ending with the Bourne family. There are hiking trails through the woods and a pretty pond—a perfect place for a duck to hide out. Let’s start there!”
So the young detectives asked their parents to drive them to this wonderful place. They parked by the farmhouse and walked past fields and the pond (they looked for a while, but did not see the duck at the pond). The found the hiking trails (either by crossing the bike path or by using the tunnel underneath the bike path) and headed right on the Big Loop Trail. Shortly after they started up a hill, they saw a bench and a rock off to the right of the path. They looked under and behind, but came up empty. Natalie said, “Oh, remember to watch out for poison ivy! Mom said over and over again that it grows along the path here!”
They continued along the path. Oliver would occasionally try to imitate a duck call, but he wasn’t very good at it and finally Natalie asked him not-so-politely to stop. Soon the dynamic detecting duo reached a fork in the path. Oliver wanted to stay on the Big Loop Trail, but Natalie thought a duck would be more likely to take the Herring Run Trail. They bickered for several minutes before flipping a coin. The Big Loop Trail it is! (“But we will try the Herring Run Trail next, if we don’t find the duck soon, OK?”)
They saw, soon, a stone wall on the right. They also heard the faint sound of quacking in the distance. “Oh, no!” I hope the duck isn’t stuck in the wall somewhere,” Oliver exclaimed. About 18 steps past a small trail that came from the left and intersected the Big Loop Trail, the quacking grew louder than ever. The detectives followed the sound carefully, looking behind an oak tree with moss at its base. Behind some leaf litter there was a crevice at the base of the stone wall. And there was the duck!!! No stones needed to be moved to rescue the duck from his little hole under the stone wall.
Strangely, the duck decided he liked living in the little crevice under the stone wall. Natalie and Oliver put him back in his hole and covered him back up. They completed the Big Loop Trail and met their parents back in the parking lot. The duck loves visitors, but asks that you replace him carefully in his hole after your visit, covering him carefully and completely so the he stays warm and so that the many dogs and their owners who use the trails don’t find him by accident!
Another case closed by the super sleuths Oliver and Natalie!