The Food Critic's Rival Is a Rubber Duck

A fictional comedy from CyberBabiez. The characters and events are invented.

Nib's rival published reviews consisting of a single quack. They were inexplicably popular.

Nib spent an entire afternoon describing a pretend pudding's emotional complexity. The duck wrote QUACK and received twice as many readers.

He invited the duck to a tasting, determined to expose its shallow understanding. The duck listened politely, looked at the pudding, and quacked.

Nib demanded specifics.

The duck quacked more quietly.

Mr. Buttons suggested that readers might enjoy a critic who seemed to be having a nice time. Nib found this alarming. Having a nice time had not appeared in his editorial strategy.

For his next column, he wrote that the pudding made him happy.

People loved it.

The duck sent a congratulatory note. It was brief, but Nib thought he understood the sentiment.

Read another story: A Reservation for One Very Large Opinion.

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