Geese Busy In Their Work
I know what you are thinking. How in the hell can a person direct a goose, and how can the goose comprehend what the person is instructing it to do? Well, believe it or not, that is exactly what my father did at a lake in Georgia.
It was a hot day and we had gotten out of the house for the first time at around 8 p.m. We went to a local park and I went for my daily run, while my family took a pleasant stroll around the lake.
As I finished my run, I sat down on a bench that overlooks the lake, waiting for my family to return. I was sweating heavily and unfortunately, my family had the water bottles with them.
I don’t carry the water because it slows my running. Finally, I saw my parents and my sister coming towards me with the water and I was relieved. We usually sit down on the bench for 10-15 minutes before we leave.
As we were sitting and enjoying the blissful weather, a flock of Canadian Geese were sitting on the lake. Many of you probably know that Candian Geese hate to stay in Canada (due to harsh weather), and once they migrate to a warmer area, they are lazy to go back. As fast as a gun was pulled in Ok Corral, the geese decide to take off.
Now, I have extremely slow reaction time, and by the time it took for me to understand what was happening, the geese were heading to go over our heads.
My father, acting much like an air traffic controller at Heathrow airport, immediately jumps from the bench and starts waving in an attempt to scare them away. The geese, thinking he is directing them, stop in midair, and change direction.
It was a hilarious moment for us and came as a shock because we are not used to this sort thing. Thank God the geese did change direction, otherwise we would be driving home in geese droppings.
