Hi Mory,
Thanks for the clarification about the duck. I hope you beat up your brother for breaking it (if he did it on purpose). He clearly crossed the line. Harming a duck is one thing I cannot abide.
Sounds as though you and brother were little hellions. If I had done that I would have eaten dinner standing up for awhile! Of course that was back in the days when it wasn't a felony to discipline your children.