The girls had a cross country carnival today. Demon Duck came 22nd in her age group, an improvement from 36th last year, so she was pleased. Drama Duck came 12th in her event. We were pleased at the obvious improvement in her fitness – she ran for most of the three kilometres. But 12th isn’t quite as good as it sounds, since there were only 15 competing in her age group.
It reminds me of one of Baby Duck’s earliest sporting achievements. He came home from preschool one day full of joy.
“We did races today,” he said, “and I came second!”
“That’s great, darling! How many were in the race?”
“Two.”