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TOMT: Children's story about a duck who carries friends in his gizzard (self.tipofmytongue)

submitted 1 year ago by luvcraft to c/tipofmytongue

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I remember having a children's story read to me in the early 1980s, either in a library story time or maybe at a daycare.

In the story, a duck goes on an adventure. The duck meets several different characters who want to come along with him, and the duck carries these other characters in his gizzard, regardless of how big they are. I don't remember anything else about the plot, although presumably the duck runs into a series of obstacles and coughs up the appropriate character to help him fix each one.

This story was the first time I ever heard the word "gizzard", and now every time I hear it I think about this story.

Any ideas?

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[–] evil_sockmonkey 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The details don't all fit, but I'll throw out: "The Valiant Red Rooster"?

[–] luvcraft 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

maybe! that DOES sound a lot like it! I was thinking the story I remembered was kinda like "Five Chinese Brothers", and "The Valiant Red Rooster" also sounds a lot like "Five Chinese Brothers".

I will try to find a copy of "The Valiant Red Rooster" and see if it matches my weird half-memories...

[–] luvcraft 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, but "The Valiant Red Rooster" was first published in 1995, which would be over 10 years too late for it to be the story I remember...

[–] evil_sockmonkey 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I thought that might be a deal breaker, but worth a shot. good luck!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I know this is an old post, but if you're still around, this might be a story I've been looking for too. I don't remember the gizzard detail, but by any chance was the duck going to "the king" to get it's "money back?"

I remember that being a recurring rhyme when each character was introduced. Something like "Quack, quack quack, I'm going to the king to get my money back." Then, during the final confrontation he was like, "Quack, quac, quack! I want my money back!"