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(Ducklings follow mother duck in procession)
Chick: Ready?
Dude: Ready.
(Dude and chick regard duck procession.)
(Diagram of duck procession showing linear west-to-east motion)
Dude: (on right side of duck procession) Roar! Boo!
(Mother duck is alarmed.)
(Mother duck proceeds south, then west. Ducklings follow.)
(Chick seizes mother duck, lifts upwards.)
Yoink!
Mother duck: Quack
(First ducking begins to follow final duckling, such that ducklings form a loop, rotating clockwise.)
Operation: Duckling Loop
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