Story
The Obedient Duck

by Richard Horne — After school one day, young Lily took her ducks out near an old dirt road. There, she found a farm truck stuck, and out of kindness, she went to help. But a big – bald guy rudely shooed her away. A gust of wind then revealed a terrifying sight in the truck’s cargo area: several bare feet covered with coal dust! Lily told the mayor, who promised to check. Later, the mayor brought her food, but it was made from poisonous water hemlock! It seems the mayor is in cahoots with the criminals. Trapped inside with the poison starting to act, how will Lily escape this deadly trap? Read on to find out!
1. The Obedient Duck chapter 1
  1.2 K Words • New
2. The Obedient Duck chapter 2
  321 Words • New
Crime • Mystery • Thriller
2 2025/06/26 Richard Horne 0 Completed
Everyone E
Chapter
The Obedient Duck chapter 1

by Richard Horne — After school one afternoon, junior high school student Lily went to the east of the small town in a rural area of the United States to let her ducks out. There was an old, bumpy dirt road there, and there were many insects and grass that ducks love to eat in the ditches on both sides of the road. At that time, there was a farm truck deeply stuck in a pothole on the dirt road. Although the driver kept revving the engine and a big - bald guy was pushing the truck with his butt sticking out, the truck…
1. The Obedient Duck
  1.6 K Words • Completed
Crime • Mystery • Thriller
1.2 K 2025/06/26 0
Chapter
The Obedient Duck chapter 2

by Richard Horne — After Lily realized that she had fallen into the mayor's trap, she planned to save herself before the poison took effect. Her first thought was to escape from home and ask the neighbors for help, but the key to the big iron lock was in the mayor's hand, and she couldn't open the door. Her second thought was to call for help through the crack in the door, but her house was closest to the mayor's. The mayor would definitely be the first to hear the sound, and then she would die even faster. She was so…
1. The Obedient Duck
  1.6 K Words • Completed
Crime • Mystery • Thriller
321 2025/06/26 0

The Obedient Duck

The Obedient Duck chapter 1

The Obedient Duck chapter 2