> He is indeed "lovely". He has been used a lot in recent stories in Denmark 
> (Jumboboeger). There was one I liked, where DD & Fethry was sent to 
> investigate something (in Scotland!) for U$. Fethry took the nephew with 
> them ('otherwise he'll wreck the house'). He did live up to the old stories
> from the 60's (?? - before I was born anyway).
> 
> My brain just blanked out his Danish name. - I'll be back with it later.
> 
Is that "Pjaske"? I was going to ask about this character, which I just
ran into for the first time when I was reading that Danish "Christmas
Classics" collection of Italian stories I picked up in Denmark this
past November. There's a Scrooge story featuring "Onkel Joakim" and
a little-kid duck named Pjaske. Pjaske has a more pointed beak than
the other Ducks and seems younger and more childlike than HD&L. I was
wondering if this character is some Italian creation unknown on the
North American continent? (I don't have the book with me, so "Pjaske"
is from memory -- I may not be spelling it right.)

--Dwight Decker

