I do not own the story About a Boy, it is owned by Nick Hornby….
AN: A cento is a poem written by taking snippets from a book and compiling it into a poem. This one was written for an English 1101 assignment. The italics are what Marcus says; bold are for Will Freeman, and in quotes is the park ranger.
Dead Duck Day
I think I killed a duck,
Dead. A dead duck.
I'm not sure it was me.
that's a bloody french loaf.
No wonder it keeled over.
That would have killed me.
Marcus couldn't believe it.
Trying to hit it on the head with a piece of sandwich, but
he tried to do all sorts of things, and none of them had ever happened before.
What's that floating next to it?
"You know that's a criminal offense, don't you?"
Marcus loves ducks, don't you Marcus?
"So he killed it?"
Boys will be boys.
Yeah. They're my favorite animal.
This is rubbish, because he hated all animals, but thought it could help
"I was told he was throwing bloody great french loaves at it."
No wonder it keeled over.
That would have killed me.
How come he managed to pick a duck that pathetic?
I hope there's not some sort of epidemic,