A scene from Migration 2023
Pam
[The Mallards are caught in a rainstorm and have to take shelter underneath a boardwalk]

Hey, kids, don't worry. We're gonna be alright. Here we are together, we're on an adventure. I promised adventure, and this is exactly what I promised, huh?

Dan

We're not gonna make it, are we?

Pam
[angrily]

Uncle Dan!

Dan

You can tell me, I don't mind. I'm a big boy. I'm a big duck.

Pam

No, Uncle Dan, Things are gonna be fine. Isn't that right, Mack?

Mack

Uh, I, uh... I mean yes, Mom's right, this is fun. This is the kind of thing we'll remember for years to come, we'll look back and laugh. [chuckles]

Pam
[a large talon comes down onto a rock, then another large talon appears beside it then walks over towards the front of the boardwalk, then a head peeks down revealing an elderly heron lady to the Mallards] [Mallards gasp]

A heron.

Gwen

The one from Dad's story.

Dax

The ultimate duck killer.

Mack
(whispers)

Don't panic. Heron's can't see their prey if you stay still.

Erin

Hello, little ducks.

Mack

She's bluffing.

Erin

So tell me, what's a nice little family of mallards doing down here all cold and wet?

Mack

Nothing, we're good. We're enjoying it.

Erin

But you must be freezing here.

Mack

Oh no, we're not.

Erin

Come. [pulls the Mallards out from underneath the boardwalk with her neck]

Mack

Oh no, no, no, no, no.

Erin

Let Erin take care of you in her comfy little nest. [laughs eccentrically]

Erin

In you go. Hup, hup, hup. Harry! Harry look. Look what I found. A nice little family of traveling mallards. Mallards.

Mack
[a thunder crash reveals Harry, an elderly male heron sitting in a chair]

Uh, okay. Nice meeting you all. Bye-bye.

Erin

In a rush, are you? [shuts the door]

Mack

Oh, we don't want to be a bother. [chuckles nervously] You look busy decaying.

Erin

You're not bothering at all. But maybe herons are not good enough for you, Mallards?

Pam

No, of course not. We're happy to stay. [chuckles then sighs]

Erin

Good! let me get your bed ready.

Dan

What do they do, rip you apart, then eat you?

Pam
[Gwen gasps]

Dan!

Dan

I don't know how they do it. What's the method?

Pam
[to Dan]

Hey. Zip it.

Dan
[sighs]

Wake me up when it's my turn to be eaten.

Gwen

What?

Mack

What are you doing, Pam?

Pam

I don't know. I just don't want to offend them.

Mack

Can't you see they want to eat us?

Gwen
[gasps]

I don't want to be eaten.

Pam

Well she can't eat us. She doesn't have teeth.

Mack

Well, what if she cuts us into pieces first?

Gwen
[Erin pulls out a knife]

I don't want to be cut into piece... [she squeals when she doesn't finish her sentence]

Erin

I-I-I beg your pardon? [pulls out a pan]

Pam

Oh what's that? No, no. We were just saying your nest is just so charming. Weren't we kids? [chuckles]

Erin
[hangs the pan on her neck]

Oh, thank you. We moved here a few years ago. We used to migrate all the time like you. Harry was such an adventurer. Fierce predator too. He could catch any prey with a single swift peck.

Erin
[a flea comes buzzing between the Mallards and Harry quickly catches it near the frightened Mallards, Harry puts his head down with the flea still in his beak and leans back up in his chair as the flea buzzes erratically and sucks it into his esophagus, eating it]

Those were the good old days. Now Harry's too old. I'm the one who brings food back to the nest. [gazes down at the Mallards] But anyways, you must be exhausted, here's your bed. [take the pan off her neck and lays it down right in-front of the Mallards]

Mack

There's no way we're sleeping in that.

Erin

But it's our finest bed.

Pam
[escorts her family and herself into the pan]

And it is perfect. Why Thank you. [chuckles] Wow huh? Hey feel this? Even comfier than our own nest.

Mack

Yeah, sure. It's greasier too. Oh, [pulls out a dead fish] looks like your last guest is still here. And dead.

Pam
[chuckles]

Thank you.

Erin

You're welcome, sweethearts. Sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite.
[turns the lights down/off]

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