Going Quackers: Tale of an Unlikely Librarian By Daisy Mae Duck

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1 Going Quackers: Tale of an Unlikely Librarian By Daisy Mae Duck The first thing I remember was seeing Miss Mary Ann and Audrey one spring morning. They found me just after I hatched among the daisies next to the steps that led to the Everyone s Public Library.

2 The first thing I remember was seeing Miss Mary I grew up in the library. I followed Miss Mary Ann and Audrey one spring morning. TheyAnn foundand the other librarians everywhere. the among library. the It was so quiet. There were books everywhere and me just afteri Iloved hatched daisies next to the Everyone s liked to stop Library. by and borrow a book to take home. thepeople steps of that led to the Town Everyone s Public

3 I My grew favorite up in the visitors library. were I followed the children. Miss Mary Ms. Audrey Ann and the the children s other librarian librarians would give everywhere. them a polite I loved shhh! the if they library. became It was too so noisy. quiet. There were books everywhere and the people of Everyone s Town liked to stop by and I love borrow the sound a book of to pages take ruffling home. in a book.

4 What is going on? A few years ago things began to change. Miss Mary Ann starting wearing My favorite visitors were the children. Ms. Audrey the children s librarian her hair down and she brought a computer to work. People check out books would give them a polite shhh! if they became too noisy. at the computer. And now they have computers for the library patrons to I use. love the Oh! sound Excuse of pages me they ruffling now call in a them book. library customers.

5 Very Disturbing! What is going on? A The few people years ago who things come began to the library to change. have also Miss changed. Mary Ann They starting are wearing much more her casual, hair down and some and she of them brought are noisy. a computer I heard to work. Mr. Tom, People the YA check librarian out books call some at of the them computer. Generation And Xers now and they some have of computers them he calls for the Gamers. library patrons to use. Oh! Excuse me they now call them library customers.

6 How much more How much Very can I take? more can I Hey! Someone Disturbing! needs to wake up take? and smell the coffee! The people who come to the library have also changed. They are much Mr. Tomcasual, has taken riding skateboard And Tom, people seem more and to some of his them are noisy.toitowork! heard the YA sosobusy Mr. Tom has taken to riding his skateboard work!mr. And people seem busy when they come to the library. They rush about talking on cell phones. They librarian callcome sometoofthe them Generation Xers and talking he callson some of them They when they library. They rush about cell phones. They even let those and customers food and drinklike coffee in the want drive up windows express eat checkout. I don t these changes. Gamers. want drive up windows and express checkout. I don t like these changes. Really, am notallkidding! Thelibrary. library was fineibefore of these changes. The library was fine before all of these changes.

7 How much more can I take? Hey! Someone Hey! Someone needs to wake up needs to wake up and smell the and smell the coffee! coffee! Mr. Tom has taken to riding his skateboard to work! And people seem so busy when they come to the library. They rush about talking on cell phones. They want They drive even up windows let those and customers express eat checkout. food and I don t drink like coffee these in the changes. They even let customers eat food and drink coffee in the library. The library. was Really, fine I before am not all kidding! of these changes. Really, I am not kidding!

8 Hey! Someone needs to wake up and smell the coffee! QUACK!!! Computers beeping! People listening to their music - where I can hear it! I can t They even even hear let the customers ruffle of book eat pages food and turning. drink Not coffee now! in the I can t library. even hear myself think. And so after Really, one too I am many not kidding! cell phone calls, I just lost it!

9 QUACK!!! QUIET! Computers beeping! People listening to their music - where I can hear it! I can t even hear the ruffle of book pages turning. Not now! I can t even hear I myself meant think. to say And Shh! so But after it came one too out many too loud cell and phone for calls, the first I just time lost in my it! life I made too much noise in the library.

10 QUIET! Am I a duck out of the water? It was decided that I should take a vacation. So here I am on this beach. I I meant to what say am Shh! I supposed But it came to do out here? too loud And and I still for don t the first know time what in my baby life duck I made syndrome too much is noise - but in supposedly the library. I am suffering from it.

11 Not the end Am I a duck out of the water? It was decided that I should take a vacation. So here I am on this beach. I mean what am I supposed to do here? And I still don t know what baby duck syndrome is - but supposedly I am suffering from it. just the beginning!

12 Not the end just the beginning!