“Duck, Duck, Goose!”

The destination is set from Menlo Park to Detroit.  The two ducks and goose have eaten well and slept just the same.  The wood boat is rolled out on the tarmac before Edison and his fowl.  The great man searches the faces of his beautiful birds to realize there is no fear, but anticipation of the first cross country flight without any layovers or use of contaminant fuels.  Leather harnesses are snapped gently around the feathered necks.

The birds bob too and fro like a sprinter containing his wits before a race. The great man named Edison climbs aboard his wooden ship, checks a few things and has a seat against the central lighthouse.  He feels confident and prepares for lift off by buckling in.  The flight attendant hands him a book for reading.

Ducks flap their wings at rapid movement and the creaky wood vessel lurches forward down the runway.  The goose stretches its wings to each end of the sky and the ship leaves earth for blue and occasional cotton balls. Ten hours later, Duck, Duck, and Goose, set Edison down in Detroit.

The birds eat seeds and crackers while the great man proposes and idea of Fowl Transportation to his friend Henry Ford.

Henry had a better idea.

He sat all his staff in a large circle and patted their heads while saying “Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck….” After two or three circles of this, Henry suddenly roared GOOSE, thus bidding his employee to chase him around the circle until he made it back to the now unoccupied seat.

Contracts were drawn up and the two men became creators for the game

Duck, Duck, Goose….