Barks' ode to the ducks

[Daniel van Eijmeren]

MARCO BARLOTTI, 8 FEBRUARY 2001:

> [Ode to the Disney Ducks] I've always wondered... but never
> got a precise answer... is "be bought" a typo for "we bought" ?

Below you'll see a transciption of a xerox sent to me by a Barks fan.
There are some small differences with the transcription in digest 
Vol 1 #402. ("we bought" instead of "be bought"; "scars" instead of
"scar"; and "To read of ducks" instead of "To read ducks")

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Written note (by Carl Barks) in the lower left corner, in an angle
of minus 90 degrees:

So many fans write to say my stories set the pattern for the duck
universe, I tried to write an ode [to] the ducks.


Typewritten:

[Title has a bold larger font, "By Carl Barks" is in an italic font.
I think the font is Times New Roman. All typewritten text is
centered.]

      Ode to the Disney Ducks 
           By Carl Barks

They ride tall ships to the far away,
       and see the long ago.
They walk where fabled people trod,
      and Yetis trod the snow. 

They meet the folks who live on stars,
    and find them much like us,
With food and love and happiness the
      things they most discuss. 

The world is full of clans and cults
        abuzz as angry bees,
And Junior Woodchucks snapping jeers
       at Littlest Chickadees.

The ducks show us that part of life
     is to forgive a slight.
That black eyes given in revenge
    keep hatred burning bright. 

 So when our walks in sun or shade
  pass graveyards filled by wars,
It's nice to stop and read of ducks
  whose battles leave no scars. 

  To read of ducks who parody
   our vain attempts at glory,
They don't exist, but somehow leave
  us glad we bought their story.

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Best wishes,

--- Daniel