To make it simple, Duck is a hand puppet. Pictures will be provided as we upload them. Duck's ancestry stretches back farther than you care to think about... to the Garden of Eden... *flashback sequence*

Adam and Eve were wandering through the Garden, wondering what to eat that fine day, when they came upon a snake, in an apple tree. The snake tried to get them to partake of these delicious apples, and Adam and Eve, having no willpower, caved instantly to peer pressure and took a bite of God's fruit of wisdom.

Now, we all know what happened to the humans. And we can pretend we know what happened to the snake, going around thinking he just lost his legs, he got off easy. Oh, no. God is far more vindictive than that. He turned the snake into Howard, the first Duck.

Now then, back then (five years ago when Duck was created), my Sahib was really into twinkies. So he decided that twinkies were the embodiment of all that was good, and Ducks were the embodiment of all that was evil. A twinkie was made by making a fist and sticking your thumb out, from between your index and middle fingers. Duck was any other hand gesture that made the fingers touch, but it was accepted practice to only do one gesture, the same that one does for a sock puppet.

Now, because Ducks were the embodiment of evil, and were the reason we were banished from the Garden, it became a house rule to beat on Duck any time he appeared, except for Howard, who resided in Sahib's hand. Howard was excluded because he could beat any of us up.

Over time, the standard Duck evolved to have eyes, or at least eye sockets, by moving the middle and ring fingers into arches above the index and little fingers. Because Duck was beaten on so very often, he eventually evolved into a pathetic, paranoid, whining, fragile little creature. And that's how he's stayed.



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