Andthen, too, it was very clear from her looks that she was a cousinof the ducks he had seen in Farmer Brown's dooryard. The differencewas that while they were big and white and stupid-looking, Mrs.Quack was smaller, brown, very trim, and looked anything but stupid. Ryder was so surprised to see her in the Smiling Pool that he almostforgot to be polite. I am afraid he stared in a very impolite wayas he hurried to the edge of the bank.