She grabbed the bread from his hand. The other ducks stood behind her until she'd had her fill, then watched as she stepped aside. They hungrily devoured the remains of the bread she'd left for them.
For the past six months Joe had pondered this strange
behavior, but could come up with no logical explanation. It didn't make sense.
He pored over books in the library and traveled to several duck ponds, but none
of those ducks acted like Sally did. She was the ultimate leader. Joe watched
carefully as her followers finished eating, then looked at her. They didn't
move. They never did until she gave the signal…a slight nod of her head. Sally
eyed him cautiously, then tilted her head, and led the group back to the other
side of the pond.