[Arwen]

Originally Posted by gayla

I wanna know how a goose got in your tub. Please.

Basically it's all Eshe's fault. We (Ashton, Eshe, Kimbelle and I) were at Joe's Crab Shack. After dinner we were sitting around teasing, I mean talking. Eshe went out for a cigarette.

When we all left, there were a bunch of people crowded around the front of the building. I get out there and there is this goose. It is literally up against Eshe and folks are petting it and taking pictures.

I see that it has a broken wing. I go into Bird Commando mode and herd it into Eshe even more. Then I loosely grasp the neck and hoist the bird up under my arm.

You'd think I'd done this before. I've never picked up a water fowl in my life. So the kids all have to pet and we discuss how to pet and why it has "teeth things". Yes, Arwen the intrepid wildlife educator.

I proudly announce to one and all that it is a NeNe goose. Then I ask Eshe to grab my keys and purse and food. Eshe, being one smart butch, realizes that he is going to have to help me so he gallantly escorts me and goose to my Blazer. Goose is not happy about sitting in my lap. So goose struggles until goose is on the floor. This is after goose has christened my cute dress.

So we take off and goose sticks its head UNDER my dress. Eshe pretends to be looking out the window while choking. I am sure that he was not howling with laughter at the fact I now have a goose under my skirt. The goose is tasting my inner thigh. I let out a somewhat demure yelp (Okay, I may have screamed out the open window that there was a goose under my skirt) and we drove on. Goose and I and Eshe arrived at my apartment where I put goose in the tub and ran water.

Goose is very very very very tame. As in likes to be petting and doesn't even begin to try to flee.

So I look up all sorts of information. The first thing I discover is that it is not a NeNe but a Chinese Swan Goose (brown variety). She is female. I determined this from reading two web pages. I are so smart.

I'm calling her Josephine and wishing I could keep her.

So, you can see how this is all Eshe's fault.