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Enslaved by Ducks (2003) (edit title/settings)

How One Man Went from Head of the Household to Bottom of the Pecking Order

by Bob Tarte (Author) (edit contributors)

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When Bob Tarte bought a house in rural Michigan, he was counting on a tranquil haven. Then Bob married Linda. She wanted a rabbit, which seemed innocuous enough until the bunny chewed through their electrical wiring. And that was just the beginning. Before long, Bob found himself constructing... read more

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  • “How one man went from head of the household to bottom of the pecking order.”
  • “Then perhaps the regularity of setting is a choice that you have imposed on your dreams, indicating that you function best with routines and habits and don't necessarily adapt well to change.”
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  • “Her past included subsistence living with a pig and several chickens in the Michigan north woods, while I had merely lived with Catholics in suburbia.”
  • “Barnyard ducks that supposedly "take care of themselves" require more maintenance than the space shuttle.”
  • “People who hunt for sport probably never consider the deer or turkey they're about to blast to smithereens as a unique individual.”
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  • I gauged a successful day not by how many tasks I had finished, but by how much leisure time remained following a minimal show of effort.
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  • Decades parked in front of a computer screen had left me with the stamina of a petunia.
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  • When you match wits with a rabbit, you cannot win. If the rabbit bests you, you’re a fool. If you best the rabbit, you’re a fool who’s bested a rabbit.
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  • insight about pet ownership. Rather than blaming our animals for adding complexity to my life, perhaps I should thank them for simplifying it. After all, they helped reduce the potentially unlimited possibilities of existence to a series of tedious and predictable daily routines.
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  • And you had better treasure the gift. Too suddenly and too often, they leave us. It’s then that we realize most sharply the subtle comfort of our animals’ companionship.
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  • The comings and goings of so many pets added richness and complexity to the years that followed. Our enslavement to ducks, geese, rabbits, parrots, turkeys, cats, starlings, parakeets, doves, and canaries helped teach me a smidgen of patience, tolerance, and respect that I even applied to people from time to time. But this gain came at the expense of a certain lightness of being. We became wiser but sadder, and not really all that wise.
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  • accept the fact that animals don’t act according to human standards of generosity and forgiveness—which I seldom followed, either.
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  • Binky’s independence angered me, and the fact that he angered me angered me further.
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First Sentence edit see section history

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN I was doomed to write a book about our animals.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Cast of Characters
Introduction

Chapter 1: Belligerent Binky
Chapter 2: Ollie Takes Over
Chapter 3: Stanley Sue's Identity Crisis
Chapter 4: Howard the Clumsy Romeo
Chapter 5: The Real Trouble Begins
Chapter 6: A Wild Duck Chase
Chapter 7: Raccoon Rustlers
Chapter 8: Enslaved by Ducks
Chapter 9: Creatures of Habit
Chapter 10: Let's Talk Turkey
Chapter 11: Who Cooks for You?
Chapter 12: Comings and Goings
Chapter 13: Hazel Eyes
Chapter 14: Weaver in the Weeds
Chapter 15: The Parrot Who Hated Me

Acknowledgments and Culpability

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Bob Tarte (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 1565123514
Page Count: 308

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  • Library of Congress: SF416 .T37 2003
  • Dewey: 920

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