Duck Pond

Description

You approach what looks like a baby swimming pool and see about 100 rubber ducks floating on the surface of the water. Each of the ducks has a metal loop sticking out of its back, and the water appears to be swirling somehow so that the ducks are moving around in a circle as though swimming. Clever.

You hand over your moolah and an attendant gives you a pole with a hook on it. You concentrate hard, and lower the pole into the water.

You pick out a likely-looking duck, slip the hook through the loop on its back and lift it out of the water.

The attendant examines the bottom of the duck, and consults his prize chart.

"You picked out a blue-bottomed duck," says the attendant, handing you a single prize ticket, "Congratulations!"

Meh, not bad.

You acquire 1 prize ticket.

Or:

"You picked out a green-bottomed duck," says the attendant, handing you a couple of prize tickets, "Congratulations!"

Could be worse, I guess.

You acquire 2 prize tickets.

Or:

"You picked out a yellow-bottomed duck," says the attendant, handing you a few prize tickets, "Congratulations!"

Not too shabby.

You acquire 3 prize tickets.

Or:

"You picked out a red-bottomed duck," says the attendant, handing you several prize tickets, "Congratulations!"

Hey, that's pretty good.

You acquire 4 prize tickets.

Or:

"You picked out a gold-bottomed duck," says the attendant, handing you a bunch of prize tickets, "Congratulations!"

It doesn't get much better than that!

You acquire 40 prize tickets.

Failure:

You pick out a likely-looking duck, slip the hook through the loop on its back and try to lift it out of the water.

Unfortunately, the duck slips off the hook and splashes back into the water.

"Awwwww," the attendant sympathises, "Maybe you'll have better luck next time."

You mutter to yourself and wish you'd gone to the ferris wheel instead. You probably would have if there had been one.

Or:

You mutter to yourself and wish you'd gone to the ferris wheel instead. You probably would have if there had been one.

The attendant sees the disappointed look on your face, and feels bad for you. "Here," he says, "have a consolation prize."

You acquire a water balloon or a Fart-In-A-Bag.

Location(s)

• The Carnival
  • Games of Skill

Rewards

• prize ticket
• water balloon
• Fart-In-A-Bag