In the hollow of a tree, higher than the eye can see...nine wood ducks
hatch, one by one. "That's good!" says Mama. "We're almost done." One
last egg is very still...Finally, the smallest egg hatches. Then it's
time for all the wood ducks to make the BIG jump from the tree-where
their mother made her nest-to the water below. Ducklings One through
Nine make the leap. But Duckling Ten isn't so sure...