The Adventures Of Poor Mrs. Quack in "Ryder Learns More Of Mrs. Quack's Troubles"

"I did," replied Mrs. Quack, "but all the time I couldn't forgetthose to whom terrible things had happened on the way down, andthen, too, I kept dreading the long journey back."

"I don't see why you didn't stay right there. I would have," saidRyder, nodding his head with an air of great wisdom.

"Not if you were I," replied Mrs. Quack. "In the first place itisn't a proper place in which to bring up young Ducks and make themstrong and healthy.