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several years I worked as a graphic designer,but in1980 I decided to concentrate on writing and illustrating booksfor children.  \nMy wife,Annette,and I have two grown-up children,Benand Amanda,and we have put down roots in Suffolk.  \nI haven't recently counted how many books there are withmy name on the cover but Percy the Park Keeper accounts fora good many of them.I'm reliably informed that they have soldmore than three million copies.Hooray!  \nI didn't realise this when I invented Percy,but I can now seethat he's very like my mum's dad,my grandpa.I even have apicture of him giving a ride to my brother and me in his oldhome-made wooden wheelbarrow!”  \nNICK BUTTERWORTH  \nPercy says:“One of the ducks got tangled up in some weeds.I managed to fish himout but as I was coming out of the pond I slipped and splashed into the water myself.Later when the fox saw me weith my net,he asked if I had caught anything.I said,Yes,a duck and a cold!'”  \n# PERCY’S FRIENDSTHE DUCKS\n\nNICK BUTTERWORTH  \nThanks Graham Daldry.You're a wizard.Thanks Atholl McDonald.You're a hero!  \nFirst published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd in 2002ISBN-13:9780007782604ISBN-10:0007782608  \nText and illustrations copyright ONick Butterworth 2002The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of the work.  \nA CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrievalsystem or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,without the prior permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd,77-85 Fulham Palace Road,Hammersmith,London W68JB.  \nVisit our website at:www.harpercollinschildrensbooks.co.uk  \nPrinted and bound in Thailand by Imago  \n# MY FRIENDSTHE DUCKS\n\nThese two ducks used tolive on a farm near the park  \nbut one day,they landed 'splash'in frontof me and they have stayed here ever since.  \nThey are completely devoted to eachother.They fuss and quack over everything.If you hear them you might think that theyare having a heated argument but if youlisten more closely,you'll see that it's morelike a heated agreement!  \nThey live on the lake close to the big treehouse.But they do spend more time  \noutside the park than the other  \nanimals.They visit friendsand sometimes their friendsvisit them.This can leadto confusion...  \nWhen the ducks'friendscome to visit they usuallycome in ones or twos.Onceor twice,three or four haveturned up.  \nJust imagine my surprise one day,  \nwhen nineteen,yes,nineteen of them suddenlyappeared in the playground!Altogether,thatmade...er,well,what's nineteen add two..?It's certainly a lot of ducks!  \nThey were having a wonderfultime.The noise of their quacking①  \nand squawking was amazing.They alllooked so much alike.It was almost  \nimpossible to tell who was who.But,if youlook carefully,I think you might be able topick out the two who live in the park.  \nTHE DUCKS REALLY LIKE...  \nBaskets!I can't think why.Perhaps it'sbecause they remind them of nests.The fox likes baskets too.Picnic baskets.  \nRain.Sometimes,when it rains,people say,\"Nice weather for ducks.\"The ducks would agree.","cbCaigMwq1HMEVyD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigMwq1HMEVyD","pdf",3178654,28,"English","# Percy’s Friends - The Ducks\n## Author acknowledgements\n## My Friends - The Ducks\n## What the ducks really like","[{\"question\":\"Who is the author mentioned in the text, and what did he decide to focus on?\",\"answer\":\"Nick Butterworth describes his background and says that in 1980 he decided to concentrate on writing and illustrating children’s books.\"},{\"question\":\"Where do the two main ducks live and spend their time?\",\"answer\":\"They live on the lake close to the big treehouse, and they spend more time outside the park than the other animals.\"},{\"question\":\"What causes confusion when the ducks have friends 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