November 14, 2005 This story was written by Ron Higgins, from
Truro, Nova Scotia. Ron is enrolled in literacy classes at
Colchester Adult Learning Association (CALA). Play an audio
version of this story One sunny afternoon an elderly lady by the
name of Betty decided to take a walk to her favorite park. To
feed the ducks in the pond with crumbs of bread she saved. She
would make sure each duck got at least a couple crumbs of bread
before she was ready to leave the park. But one sunny afternoon,
she came to her favorite park with a bag of bread to feed to the
ducks. But this time there were no ducks in the pond to feed.
Feeling a little down she said, "What will I do with all of
these bread crumbs?" Behind her she heard a very gentle and kind
voice say, "You can feed them to the ducks on my farm, if you
like?" Betty turned around and saw an elderly man who introduced
himself, and his name was, Ralph. She looked at him and smiled,
then said "I would like that very much". They sat, talked and
they became very go