I apparently suffer from goose envy.
So we are out in the country and we have a small pond and our neighbor has a large pond. Our pond is also surrounded by trees, where as the neighbor’s pond is much more open. Consequently, when the geese fly over they always go next door, leaving me feeling like the kid no one wants to talk to. Well, last week a couple family of geese must have flown into their pond but one of the teenage geese landed on my side. It started crying because the rest of the family was living the dream in the fancy pond while this guy was stuck in the slum pond. Well it was driving me nuts that he was crying and I didn’t understand why he wouldn’t fly over. So I call my friend Tom who works with all the nature preserves and ask him what to do. He of course said you do nothing. This is nature.
Ok, so I am sitting out there while this guy keeps crying, I even put a ladder over there to no avail. After about another 45 minutes I went over grabbed the stubborn thing and threw it over the fence. He immediately joined his family and they all rejoiced. Every day since, I see what the rich side of the life is like, while I am gooseless. Well, today they all came into my yard and I now feel like I am on top of the world.
Except that I got up this morning and all the geese were staring at the neighbor’s pond thinking “OMG, we made a big mistake?"