Dodsworth in New York (3 page)

He chased the duck down to the Hudson River, but the duck got away again.

Dodsworth sat and watched the boats for a while.

He thought he saw the duck on one of the boats.

"Why would a duck take a boat?" he wondered.

The boat was going to the Statue of Liberty.

Dodsworth took the next boat.

He arrived at the statue and climbed to the top.

There was no sign of the duck anywhere.

There was, however, a great view of the city.

That night, Dodsworth checked into a hotel near Central Park.

He kept trying to call Hodges on the phone.

Still no answer.

At one point, he thought he saw the duck in the park.

It was too dark to tell for sure.

In the morning, he walked to a diner across from the park.

He ordered pancakes.

They were not as good as Hodges'.

Not even close.

Dodsworth watched as the park came to life.

A band started playing music.

Folks started flying a kite.

A magician began doing tricks.

"I shall now pull a rabbit from my hat," said the magician.

He pulled out the duck instead.

"Aha!" screamed Dodsworth.

The duck took off.

Dodsworth tried to catch the duck all day.

He chased him up to Park Avenue.

Even though he couldn't find the duck, Dodsworth liked how fancy everyone was dressed.

Later, he saw the duck go into the Museum of Modern Art.

Dodsworth searched and searched, but he couldn't find the duck anywhere in the museum, either.

That evening, he spotted the duck walking into Radio City Music Hall.

A movie was playing, so it was really dark.

Since Dodsworth couldn't see the duck, he decided to just enjoy the movie.

After a while, somebody started throwing popcorn at the screen.

Dodsworth knew who the somebody was.

He stood up and saw the duck.

"Aha!" he shouted.

"Shhh!" shouted everybody else.

The duck ran out and jumped onto a bus.

Dodsworth jumped into a taxicab.

"Follow that duck!" he said.

The taxi followed the duck.

The bus went to Coney Island.