DD: My life in an eggshell

[Knut Hunstad]

Hello again!

I finally found my copy of the norwegian version of the 50-years story for 
DD: "My life in an eggshell". Supposed to be the true story about DD, told 
by himself. After rereading it for the first time in almost 10 years, I 
still don't like it very much. As previously pointed out, DD is found in the 
middle of the road after his nest fell down and he slipped out of the egg. 
He was found by $crooge and his (older) sister (!!!) Grandma Duck. The name 
was invented by Grandma after $crooge saying the baby reminded him of his 
old friend from Alaska: Ronald (anyone heard of him before?). Donald grew up 
on the farm. In this story it seems that Uncle $crooge lived at the farm 
most of the time, too. This doesn't quite sum up with Don Rosa's version, 
where $crooge travels around and doesn't return to Duckburg until Donald is 
several years old.

Later the story tells about his nephews. This part is more correct, saying 
they just stand knocking on his door one day. Except I thought the letter 
was from his sister, not his cousine (as this story tells). In the last case 
they wouldn't be real nephews. And how on earth did his family suddenly find 
out what happened to him? After this, $crooge manages to find out that 
Donald IS actually his nephew.

The rest of the story consists mainly of stand-up-comedian-like frames where 
he tells about his many travels, employments etc. I didn't find many 
references to classic storys here! Some pictures clearly referred to his 
roles in movies during the WWII, though.

All in all this sums up to beeing a pitiful attempt to invent a "true" story 
about DD, totally disregarding most of what has been common knowledge for a 
long time. I almost regret I helped support such ignorancy by buying this story.

I am eagerly awaiting next weeks "Donald Duck & Co.", where we'll get the 
12.th (and last?) part of the life of $crooge. That's what I call a good story!

Knut Hunstad
Trondheim, Norway
khun at veg.sintef.no