A Great Pal Lion - Great Pals Another delightful, true story by "the Man who love Birds". Knowing that snowy white ducks seldom sit on their eggs for the full incubation time, the Man who loves Birds decides to have Silky the chicken sit on newly laid duck eggs and hatch them. When the eggs begin to hatch, they are taken back to the duck so that she raises her own offsprin... more »g, however, one egg is left with Silky so that she too can have a "child". Silky is surprised to see that her chick is different than any other she has had and raises her as her own. One very important lesson is stressed that the chick is not to go near the pond because "chickens cannot swim". However, the chick falls into the pond and discovers that she is not a duckling but a "swimming chicken". On every page, the story teller is hiding.« less