AH! It's so sad! beautiful, but sad, just like the tree one! Are *all* of your stories going to make me cry? I love it, but I like laughing too, so write some more happy ones! Yours in ... an... Inn,
JD
P.S. Don't ask.

Julia, I know I usually love what you write, so this may come as a shock...
HOW COULD YOU?!?!? THAT POOR LITTLE MALLARD! YOU ARE HEARTLESS, CRUEL, UNFEELING, AND... and... oh crap, I ran out of G-Rated insults to throw at you. My mind is frozen due to your senseless abuse of that POOR INNOCENT LITTLE BIRD!
No, but seriously, it was very, very well written, as usual, but I honestly thought it would be funny when I started. Which, of course, it was, until the last little bit, when you decided you had to go and RUIN MY LIFE by killing that poor DEFENSELESS ANIMAL!
Actually, I quite liked it, but I have to let you know that I'm very distraught rightnow due to that unbelievably sad ending. Grr, Jules, Grr.
Love and (somewhat miffed) adoration always,
-S