Denmark awoke on the third morning of December feeling as bad, if not worse than he had felt the previous morning. Upon opening his eyes he figured out that this was because adding to his weather and age, he had slept on the couch. Thinking back, he never had finished those reports, or any other work for that matter, so he had been made to say back and try. He failed overall, but prided himself in getting a bit more done. As he reached up to scratch his head tiredly he felt soft fleece rather than the expected thick hair. He pulled the hat off his head and smiled at it, finally finding a good enough reason to get up.
Yesterday he had thought to put the large Advent box somewhere where he could remember and find it. That was, he left it on the kitchen table again. Denmark walked over to it, rubbing his arms a bit and fished out the 3rd box. It was smaller but deeper than the other two, along with slightly heavier. He opened the box and pulled out his daily prize; today, a yellow rubber duck. Glued on top of the side of it's head was a tiny hat imitating his own common worn one.
"Gee, these gifts are gonna be weirder than I thought," he muttered to himself. Still, he wasn't complaining about it. Come to think of it, a warm bath was probably exactly what he needed at the moment…
"Quack." Denmark childishly flicked the duck through the water, moving it around the tub. "Quack quack quack." He grinned, not caring how silly this would've looked to anyone watching. Then again the thought of anyone watching him in the bath was slightly disturbing. Unless it was Norway of course; that'd be welcomed.
He dove the duck under water again, switching it to a longboat in his mind. It ploughed through the oceans, off to bug Sweden or England before returning home to his wife. Somewhere in another part of his house he heard the phone ringing but he decided to ignore it. His fingers were starting to get wrinkled, but the water wasn't completely cold yet and little DenDuck had plenty more adventures to go on.
